destacamento
Portuguese, noun/des.ta.kaˈmẽ.tu/
destacamento is spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-M-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destacamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of peeling something off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de destacar”.
What does destacamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of peeling something off
- 2
masculineemphasis; highlight; prominence (the condition of being given more importance than others)
- 3
masculinedetail; detachment (unit organized for special duties)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de destacar 2. unidade de ação militar que se separa do grosso das tropas
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 destacamento
- destacamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destacamento?
- Brazil /des.ta.kaˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.ta.kaˈmẽ.tu/
- /deʃ.ta.kaˈmẽ.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 destacamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destacamento in Portuguese?
destacamento appears 2.0 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).