desporto
Portuguese, noun/desˈpoʁ.tu/
desporto is spelled D-E-S-P-O-R-T-O (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desporto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sport” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prática de atividade física com fins competitivos, entre indivíduos ou equipes, e sujeita a regras…”.
What does desporto mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinesport
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prática de atividade física com fins competitivos, entre indivíduos ou equipes, e sujeita a regras pré-estabelecidas 2. o conjunto dessas atividades competitivas
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 desporto
- desportos plural
- metaphonic plural
- desporte alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desporto?
- Brazil /desˈpoʁ.tu/
- Brazil [desˈpoh.tu]
- Brazil /d͡ʒisˈpoʁ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desporto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desporto in Portuguese?
desporto 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).