dessas
Portuguese, contraction/ˈdɛ.sɐs/
dessas is spelled D-E-S-S-A-S (6 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 911th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dessas is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of de + essas, literally “of/from those (feminine, near you)”: feminine plural of desse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo essas”.
What does dessas mean in English?
contraction
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femininecontraction of de + essas, literally “of/from those (feminine, near you)”: feminine plural of desse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo essas
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.
How do you pronounce dessas?
- Brazil /ˈdɛ.sɐs/
- /ˈdɛ.sɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈdɛ.sɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dessas in Portuguese?
dessas appears 107 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).