# descascar vs desgastar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### descascar
*verb · IPA /dɨʃ.kɐʃ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #33,360*
tirar o invólucro exterior de plantas, frutas, ovos, tubérculos, etc.

### desgastar
*verb · IPA /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈtax/, /deʒ.gaʃ.ˈta/ · frequency rank #37,754*
destruir pouco a pouco

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