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despedida

Portuguese, noun/des.peˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/

despedida is spelled D-E-S-P-E-D-I-D-A (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despedida is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “farewell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of despedido. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de despedir-se”.

What does despedida mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefarewell

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of despedido

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of despedido

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de despedir-se 2. demissão, rescisão do contrato de trabalho

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 despedida

  • despedidas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce despedida?

  • Brazil /des.peˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/
  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.peˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to despedida

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is despedida in Portuguese?

despedida appears 12 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).

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