devassidão
Portuguese, noun/de.va.siˈdɐ̃w̃/
devassidão is spelled D-E-V-A-S-S-I-D-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devassidão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “profligacy (shameless and immoral behaviour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é devasso”.
What does devassidão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprofligacy (shameless and immoral behaviour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que é devasso 2. libertinagem
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 devassidão
- devassidões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devassidão?
- Brazil /de.va.siˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.va.siˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.vɐ.siˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devassidão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devassidão in Portuguese?
devassidão 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).