desumano
Portuguese, adjective/de.zuˈmɐ̃.nu/
desumano is spelled D-E-S-U-M-A-N-O (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desumano is a Portuguese adjective meaning “inhuman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não é humano; cruel; brutal”.
What does desumano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inhuman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não é humano; cruel; brutal 2. hediondo
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 desumano
- desumana feminine
- desumanos masculine plural
- desumanas feminine plural
- mais desumano comparative
- o mais desumano superlative
- desumaníssimo superlative
- deshumano alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desumano?
- Brazil /de.zuˈmɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zuˈmɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /dɨ.zuˈmɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desumano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desumano in Portuguese?
desumano appears 1.8 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).