detestar
Portuguese, verb/de.tesˈta(ʁ)/
detestar is spelled D-E-T-E-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detestar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to detest, loathe, abominate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentir ódio por”.
What does detestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detest, loathe, abominate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sentir ódio por 2. aborrecer
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 detestar
- detesto first-person present singular
- detestei first-person preterite singular
- detestado participle past
- detestares infinitive second-person singular
- detestarmos first-person infinitive plural
- detestardes infinitive plural second-person
- detestarem infinitive plural third-person
- detestando gerund
- detestados masculine participle past
- detestada feminine participle past
- detestadas feminine participle past
- detestas indicative present second-person
- detesta indicative present singular
- detestamos first-person indicative plural
- detestais indicative plural present
- detestam indicative plural present
- detestava first-person imperfect indicative
- detestavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detestar?
- Brazil /de.tesˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.tesˈta(h)]
- /de.tesˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detestar in Portuguese?
detestar 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).