desproporção
Portuguese, noun/des.pɾo.poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
desproporção is spelled D-E-S-P-R-O-P-O-R-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desproporção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “disproportion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de proporção”.
What does desproporção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisproportion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de proporção 2. desconformidade com as proporções normais
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 desproporção
- desproporções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desproporção?
- Brazil /des.pɾo.poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [des.pɾo.pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pɾo.poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desproporção in Portuguese?
desproporção appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).