desperdício
Portuguese, noun/des.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/
desperdício is spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-D-Í-C-I-O (11 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desperdício is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “waste, wastage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de desperdiçar; esbanjamento”.
What does desperdício mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewaste, wastage
- 2
masculinerubbish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de desperdiçar; esbanjamento
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 desperdício
- desperdícios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desperdício?
- Brazil /des.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/
- Brazil [des.peɦˈd͡ʒi.sju]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.peʁˈd͡ʒi.sju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desperdício
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desperdício in Portuguese?
desperdício appears 8.3 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).