desovar
Portuguese, verb/de.zoˈva(ʁ)/
desovar is spelled D-E-S-O-V-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desovar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to spawn (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr ovos (falando-se especialmente dos peixes)”.
What does desovar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spawn (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialto ditch, to dispose of
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr ovos (falando-se especialmente dos peixes) 2. parir 3. esconder ou deixar corpo de pessoa morta, geralmente assassinada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desovar
- desovo first-person present singular
- desovei first-person preterite singular
- desovado participle past
- desovares infinitive second-person singular
- desovarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desovardes infinitive plural second-person
- desovarem infinitive plural third-person
- desovando gerund
- desovados masculine participle past
- desovada feminine participle past
- desovadas feminine participle past
- desovas indicative present second-person
- desova indicative present singular
- desovamos first-person indicative plural
- desovais indicative plural present
- desovam indicative plural present
- desovava first-person imperfect indicative
- desovavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desovar?
- Brazil /de.zoˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zoˈva(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zoˈva(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desovar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desovar in Portuguese?
desovar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).