desvio
Portuguese, noun/dezˈvi.u/
desvio is spelled D-E-S-V-I-O (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desvio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deviation (the act of deviating; a wandering from the way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desviar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudança de direção”.
What does desvio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeviation (the act of deviating; a wandering from the way)
- 2
masculinedistraction (diversion of attention)
- 3
masculinebypass (a road that passes around something)
- 4
masculinecurve (bend in a road)
- 5
masculinepoints (movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another)
- 6
masculineembezzlement (fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner)
- 7
masculinedeviation from norms or good conduct
- 8
masculinedifference between values
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desviar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mudança de direção 2. afastamento 3. roubo
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 desvio
- desvios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvio?
- Brazil /dezˈvi.u/
- Brazil /dezˈviw/
- Brazil [dezˈviʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desvio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desvio in Portuguese?
desvio appears 10 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).