despacho
Portuguese, noun/desˈpa.ʃu/
despacho is spelled D-E-S-P-A-C-H-O (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despacho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dispatch (a message sent quickly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of despachar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de despachar algo”.
What does despacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedispatch (a message sent quickly)
- 2
masculinethe act of sending something or someone
- 3
Brazilmasculineofferings to the entities worshiped in Afro-Brazilian religions, often for the realization of a spell
- 4
masculinejudicial decision in which something is approved or denied
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of despachar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato de despachar algo 2. nomeação para cargo público 3. ato de mero expediente publicado por autoridade, normalmente um juiz, sem conteúdo decisório 4. oferenda, geralmente no contexto de religiões afro, como umbanda
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 despacho
- despachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despacho?
- Brazil /desˈpa.ʃu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒisˈpa.ʃu/
- /deʃˈpa.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despacho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despacho in Portuguese?
despacho appears 4.5 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).