# despontar

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #41,943

## Definitions
1. quebrar ou remover a ponta
2. gastar a ponta, tornar-se arredondado
3. ficar sem fico ou gume
4. começar a surgir
5. começar a fazer sucesso
6. lembrar, vir à mente

## Easily confused with
- **despertar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/despertar-vs-despontar)
- **descontar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/descontar-vs-despontar)
- **desmontar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desmontar-vs-despontar)
- **defrontar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/defrontar-vs-despontar)
- **despistar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/despistar-vs-despontar)
- **desapontar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desapontar-vs-despontar)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddespontar`, `depsontar`, `desopntar`, `despnotar`, `desponatr`, `desponntar`, `despontarr`, `despontra`, `desponttar`, `despotnar`, `desppontar`, `desspontar`, `dsepontar`, `edspontar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/despontar