deturpar
Portuguese, verb/de.tuʁˈpa(ʁ)/
deturpar is spelled D-E-T-U-R-P-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deturpar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to corrupt, to defile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “modificar o sentido original, com ou sem intenção, de algo”.
What does deturpar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to corrupt, to defile
- 2
to disfigure
- 3
to misrepresent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. modificar o sentido original, com ou sem intenção, de algo 2. desfigurar 3. manchar, macular 4. corromper
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 deturpar
- deturpo first-person present singular
- deturpei first-person preterite singular
- deturpado participle past
- deturpares infinitive second-person singular
- deturparmos first-person infinitive plural
- deturpardes infinitive plural second-person
- deturparem infinitive plural third-person
- deturpando gerund
- deturpados masculine participle past
- deturpada feminine participle past
- deturpadas feminine participle past
- deturpas indicative present second-person
- deturpa indicative present singular
- deturpamos first-person indicative plural
- deturpais indicative plural present
- deturpam indicative plural present
- deturpava first-person imperfect indicative
- deturpavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deturpar?
- Brazil /de.tuʁˈpa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.tuhˈpa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deturpar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deturpar in Portuguese?
deturpar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).