# desarmar vs descartar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### desarmar
*verb · IPA /dɨ.zɐɾ.ˈmaɾ/ · frequency rank #30,504*
desprover de armas

### descartar
*verb · IPA /deʃ.kaχ.ˈtaχ/ · frequency rank #16,729*
rejeitar uma carta num jogo

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