devassar
Portuguese, verb/de.vaˈsa(ʁ)/
devassar is spelled D-E-V-A-S-S-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devassar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to break into (to enter illegally or by force)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “invadir o que é defeso”.
What does devassar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break into (to enter illegally or by force)
- 2
to divulge (to make public) facts about someone or something, especially reproachful facts
- 3
to corrupt; to pervert
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. invadir o que é defeso 2. divulgar 3. 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 devassar
- devasso first-person present singular
- devassei first-person preterite singular
- devassado participle past
- devassares infinitive second-person singular
- devassarmos first-person infinitive plural
- devassardes infinitive plural second-person
- devassarem infinitive plural third-person
- devassando gerund
- devassados masculine participle past
- devassada feminine participle past
- devassadas feminine participle past
- devassas indicative present second-person
- devassa indicative present singular
- devassamos first-person indicative plural
- devassais indicative plural present
- devassam indicative plural present
- devassava first-person imperfect indicative
- devassavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devassar?
- Brazil /de.vaˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.vaˈsa(h)]
- /de.vaˈsa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is devassar in Portuguese?
devassar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).