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destampar

Portuguese, verb/des.tɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/

destampar is spelled D-E-S-T-A-M-P-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destampar is a Portuguese verb meaning “unlid (to remove the lid of a container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “destapar”.

What does destampar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    unlid (to remove the lid of a container)

  2. 2

    to nonsense; unreason

  3. 3

    Brazilto reveal

  4. 4

    Brazilto take virginity; deflower

  5. 5

    Brazilcolloquialto start suddenly

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. destapar 2. tirar o tampo ou a tampa a

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 destampar

  • destampo first-person present singular
  • destampei first-person preterite singular
  • destampado participle past
  • destampares infinitive second-person singular
  • destamparmos first-person infinitive plural
  • destampardes infinitive plural second-person
  • destamparem infinitive plural third-person
  • destampando gerund
  • destampados masculine participle past
  • destampada feminine participle past
  • destampadas feminine participle past
  • destampas indicative present second-person
  • destampa indicative present singular
  • destampamos first-person indicative plural
  • destampais indicative plural present
  • destampam indicative plural present
  • destampava first-person imperfect indicative
  • destampavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce destampar?

  • Brazil /des.tɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [des.tɐ̃ˈpa(h)]
  • /des.tɐ̃ˈpa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is destampar in Portuguese?

destampar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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