desterrar

/dɨʃ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/

//dɨʃ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ// verb

The verdict

“desterrar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - condenar ao desterro; banir

Corpus desk

Index PT-desterrar · desterrar · Portuguese

desterrar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for desterrar
PropertyValue
Headworddesterrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɨʃ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “desterrar” em português

desterrarnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desterrar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨʃ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "condenar ao desterro; banir".

Zero misspellings are on record for desterrar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is desterrar, spelled D-E-S-T-E-R-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    condenar ao desterro; banir

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desterrar"?
"desterrar" is spelled D-E-S-T-E-R-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /dɨʃ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/.
What does "desterrar" mean?
As a verb, "desterrar" means: condenar ao desterro; banir
How do you pronounce "desterrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desterrar" is /dɨʃ.tɨ.ˈRaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desterrar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list