desvairar
Portuguese, verb/dez.vajˈɾa(ʁ)/
desvairar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to go mad, hallucinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enlouquecer”.
What does desvairar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go mad, hallucinate
- 2
to obsess, exalt
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. enlouquecer 2. alucinar 3. exaltar
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 desvairar
- desvairo first-person present singular
- desvairei first-person preterite singular
- desvairado participle past
- desvairares infinitive second-person singular
- desvairarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desvairardes infinitive plural second-person
- desvairarem infinitive plural third-person
- desvairando gerund
- desvairados masculine participle past
- desvairada feminine participle past
- desvairadas feminine participle past
- desvairas indicative present second-person
- desvaira indicative present singular
- desvairamos first-person indicative plural
- desvairais indicative plural present
- desvairam indicative plural present
- desvairava first-person imperfect indicative
- desvairavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvairar?
- Brazil /dez.vajˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.vaɪ̯ˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.vajˈɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desvairar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.