desgraça

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dezˈɡɾa.sɐ/, /d͡ʒizˈɡɾa.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dezˈɡɾa.sɐ/, /d͡ʒizˈɡɾa.sɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒˈɡɾa.sɐ/, /d͡ʒiʒˈɡɾa.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dezˈɡɾa.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒˈɡɾa.sɐ/ [dɨʒˈɣɾa.sɐ]

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: des‧gra‧ça

Etymology 1

From des- +‎ graça.

Noun

desgraça f (plural desgraças)

1. disgrace
2. misfortune
3. disaster
4. tragedy
5. (informal, vocative) wretch!

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:desgraça.

Etymology 2

Verb

desgraça

1. inflection of desgraçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative