desajeitado

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Portuguese

Etymology

From desajeitar, from des- + ajeitar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.ʒejˈta.du/ , /d͡ʒi.za.ʒejˈta.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.ʒejˈta.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒɐjˈta.du/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒejˈta.du/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒejˈta.du/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒeˈta.du/

Hyphenation: de‧sa‧jei‧to

Adjective

desajeitado (feminine desajeitada, masculine plural desajeitados, feminine plural desajeitadas, comparable, comparative mais desajeitado, superlative o mais desajeitado or desajeitadíssimo)

awkward; clumsy

Usage notes

Usually desajeitado is meant as a quality (use with ser) while sem jeito is meant as a state (use with estar or ficar).

Derived terms

desajeitadamente

Further reading

“desajeitado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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