desportivo
Portuguese, adjective/des.poʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/
desportivo is spelled D-E-S-P-O-R-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desportivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sporting, sports, sporty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao desporto”.
What does desportivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Portugalsporting, sports, sporty
O Porsche 911 é um tipo de carro desportivo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao desporto
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 desportivo
- desportiva feminine
- desportivos masculine plural
- desportivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desportivo?
- Brazil /des.poʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- Brazil [des.pohˈt͡ʃi.vu]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.poʁˈt͡ʃi.vu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desportivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desportivo in Portuguese?
desportivo appears 5.5 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).