desvalorizar
Portuguese, verb/dez.va.lo.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
desvalorizar is spelled D-E-S-V-A-L-O-R-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desvalorizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to devalue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perder o valor ou a valia”.
What does desvalorizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devalue
- 2
to depreciate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perder o valor ou a valia 2. tirar-lhe o valor a algo ou a alguém, não apreçar
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 desvalorizar
- desvalorizo first-person present singular
- desvalorizei first-person preterite singular
- desvalorizado participle past
- desvalorizares infinitive second-person singular
- desvalorizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desvalorizardes infinitive plural second-person
- desvalorizarem infinitive plural third-person
- desvalorizando gerund
- desvalorizados masculine participle past
- desvalorizada feminine participle past
- desvalorizadas feminine participle past
- desvalorizas indicative present second-person
- desvaloriza indicative present singular
- desvalorizamos first-person indicative plural
- desvalorizais indicative plural present
- desvalorizam indicative plural present
- desvalorizava first-person imperfect indicative
- desvalorizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvalorizar?
- Brazil /dez.va.lo.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.va.lo.ɾiˈza(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.va.lo.ɾiˈza(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 desvalorizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desvalorizar in Portuguese?
desvalorizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).