despercebido
Portuguese, adjective/des.peʁ.seˈbi.du/
despercebido is spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-C-E-B-I-D-O (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despercebido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unnoticed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desperceber. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não se percebeu; não observado, não notado”.
What does despercebido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unnoticed
- 2
unseen
- 3
unheeded
verb
- 1
past participle of desperceber
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não se percebeu; não observado, não notado 2. que não se sentiu
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 despercebido
- despercebida feminine
- despercebidos masculine plural
- despercebidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despercebido?
- Brazil /des.peʁ.seˈbi.du/
- Brazil [des.peh.seˈbi.du]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.peʁ.seˈbi.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despercebido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despercebido in Portuguese?
despercebido appears 2.3 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).