prescindir

//pɾɨʃ.sĩ.ˈdiɾ// verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,573

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

prescindir is aPortugueseverb. It means: (prep. de) abrir mão, deixar de lado; renunciar Pronounced /pɾɨʃ.sĩ.ˈdiɾ/.

Key facts for prescindir
PropertyValue
Headwordprescindir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾɨʃ.sĩ.ˈdiɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,573
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of prescindir in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prescindir is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɨʃ.sĩ.ˈdiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #60,573 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for prescindir in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is prescindir, spelled P-R-E-S-C-I-N-D-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (prep. de) abrir mão, deixar de lado; renunciar
  2. 2
    (prep. de) separar mentalmente uma coisa de outra; abstrair

Frequency rank: #60,573 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prescindir"?
"prescindir" is spelled P-R-E-S-C-I-N-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨʃ.sĩ.ˈdiɾ/.
What does "prescindir" mean?
As a verb, "prescindir" means: (prep. de) abrir mão, deixar de lado; renunciar
How do you pronounce "prescindir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prescindir" is /pɾɨʃ.sĩ.ˈdiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prescindir" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.