desvão
Portuguese, noun/dezˈvɐ̃w̃/
desvão is spelled D-E-S-V-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desvão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “attic, loft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vão formado entre o forro e o telhado”.
What does desvão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineattic, loft
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vão formado entre o forro e o telhado
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 desvão
- desvãos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvão?
- Brazil /dezˈvɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [dezˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒizˈvɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desvão in Portuguese?
desvão appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).