devasso
Portuguese, noun/deˈva.su/
devasso is spelled D-E-V-A-S-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devasso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “libertine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of devassar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem depravado”.
What does devasso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lecherous, libertine
noun
- 1
masculinelibertine
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of devassar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. libertino 2. imoral 3. obsceno
noun: 1. homem depravado
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 devasso
- devassa feminine
- devassos masculine plural
- devassas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devasso?
- Brazil /deˈva.su/
- Portugal /dɨˈva.su/
- Portugal /dɨˈba.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devasso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devasso in Portuguese?
devasso 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).