desvencilhar
Portuguese, verb/dez.vẽ.siˈʎa(ʁ)/
desvencilhar is spelled D-E-S-V-E-N-C-I-L-H-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desvencilhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to free, to liberate, to release” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soltar do vencilho; desatar, desprender”.
What does desvencilhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to free, to liberate, to release
- 2
to solve (e.g. a problem)
- 3
to untie
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. soltar do vencilho; desatar, desprender 2. aclarar, deslindar, resolver 3. livrar-se
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 desvencilhar
- desvencilho first-person present singular
- desvencilhei first-person preterite singular
- desvencilhado participle past
- desvencilhares infinitive second-person singular
- desvencilharmos first-person infinitive plural
- desvencilhardes infinitive plural second-person
- desvencilharem infinitive plural third-person
- desvencilhando gerund
- desvencilhados masculine participle past
- desvencilhada feminine participle past
- desvencilhadas feminine participle past
- desvencilhas indicative present second-person
- desvencilha indicative present singular
- desvencilhamos first-person indicative plural
- desvencilhais indicative plural present
- desvencilham indicative plural present
- desvencilhava first-person imperfect indicative
- desvencilhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvencilhar?
- Brazil /dez.vẽ.siˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.vẽ.siˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.vẽ.siˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desvencilhar in Portuguese?
desvencilhar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).