desconcertado
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈta.du/ [des.kõ.sehˈta.du], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈta.du/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈta.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seɾˈta.du/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɾˈta.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.kõ.seʁˈta.du/ [deʃ.kõ.seχˈta.du], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seʁˈta.du/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seχˈta.du]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seɻˈta.du/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɻˈta.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈta.do/ [des.kõ.sehˈta.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈta.du/ [dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈta.ðu]
Adjective
desconcertado (feminine desconcertada, masculine plural desconcertados, feminine plural desconcertadas)
- nonplussed; flummoxed (totally confused or puzzled)
- Synonym: perplexo
- embarrassed, awkward
Participle
desconcertado (feminine desconcertada, masculine plural desconcertados, feminine plural desconcertadas)
- past participle of desconcertar
Further reading
- “desconcertado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “desconcertado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskonθeɾˈtado/ [d̪es.kõn̟.θeɾˈt̪a.ð̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /deskonseɾˈtado/ [d̪es.kõn.seɾˈt̪a.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: des‧con‧cer‧ta‧do
Adjective
desconcertado (feminine desconcertada, masculine plural desconcertados, feminine plural desconcertadas)
Participle
desconcertado (feminine desconcertada, masculine plural desconcertados, feminine plural desconcertadas)
- past participle of desconcertar
Related terms
Further reading
- “desconcertado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025