despachar
Portuguese, verb/des.paˈʃa(ʁ)/
despachar is spelled D-E-S-P-A-C-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despachar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dispatch, despatch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar despacho a”.
What does despachar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dispatch, despatch
- 2
to expedite
- 3
colloquialto assassinate, to murder, to kill
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar despacho a 2. expedir 3. vencer, derrotar (em competições esportivas) 4. resolver, solucionar ou terminar alguma coisa
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 despachar
- despacho first-person present singular
- despachei first-person preterite singular
- despachado participle past
- despachares infinitive second-person singular
- despacharmos first-person infinitive plural
- despachardes infinitive plural second-person
- despacharem infinitive plural third-person
- despachando gerund
- despachados masculine participle past
- despachada feminine participle past
- despachadas feminine participle past
- despachas indicative present second-person
- despacha indicative present singular
- despachamos first-person indicative plural
- despachais indicative plural present
- despacham indicative plural present
- despachava first-person imperfect indicative
- despachavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despachar?
- Brazil /des.paˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.paˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.paˈʃa(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 despachar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despachar in Portuguese?
despachar appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).