despacito
Portuguese, adverb/des.paˈsi.tu/
despacito is spelled D-E-S-P-A-C-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despacito is a Portuguese adverb meaning “slowly (at a slow speed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does despacito mean in English?
adverb
- 1
slowly (at a slow speed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of despacito
- despacíto alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despacito?
- Brazil /des.paˈsi.tu/
- /deʃ.paˈsi.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is despacito in Portuguese?
despacito 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).