despretensioso
Portuguese, adjective/des.pɾe.tẽ.siˈo.zu/
despretensioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unpretentious, modest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não tem ou não aparenta pretensões; simples; modesto”.
What does despretensioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unpretentious, modest
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não tem ou não aparenta pretensões; simples; modesto:
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 despretensioso
- despretensiosa feminine
- despretensiosos masculine plural
- despretensiosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despretensioso?
- Brazil /des.pɾe.tẽ.siˈo.zu/
- Brazil /des.pɾe.tẽˈsjo.zu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pɾe.tẽ.siˈo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despretensioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despretensioso in Portuguese?
despretensioso appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).