# devastar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /dɨ.vɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #47,300

## Definitions
1. arruinar, assolar
2. destruir
3. danificar
4. despovoar

## Easily confused with
- **devagar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/devagar-vs-devastar)
- **devassa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/devassa-vs-devastar)
- **desatar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desatar-vs-devastar)
- **detestar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/detestar-vs-devastar)
- **degustar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/degustar-vs-devastar)
- **devastado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/devastado-vs-devastar)
- **desgastar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/desgastar-vs-devastar)
- **devastador** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/devastador-vs-devastar)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddevastar`, `deavstar`, `devasatr`, `devasstar`, `devastarr`, `devastra`, `devasttar`, `devatsar`, `devsatar`, `devvastar`, `dveastar`, `edvastar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/devastar