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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈɡɐ̃.nu/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈɡɐ̃.nu/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈɡɐ̃.nu/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈɡɐ̃.nu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈɡɐ̃.nu/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈɡɐ̃.nu/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈɡɐ̃.nu/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈɡɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈɡɐ.no/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈɡɐ.no/
- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧ga‧no
Etymology 1
Deverbal from desenganar (“to disabuse”) or des- + engano.
Noun
desengano m (plural desenganos)
- disillusion
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
desengano
- first-person singular present indicative of desenganar
Further reading
- “desengano”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “desengano”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “desengano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “desengano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “desengano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “desengano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024