# descarga vs descartar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### descarga
*noun · IPA /dɨʃ.ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/ · frequency rank #12,034*
tiro de arma de fogo

### 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/descarga-vs-descartar