desencontro

See also: desencontró

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈkõ.tɾu/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈkõ.tɾu/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈkõ.tɾu/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈkõ.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈkõ.tɾu/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈkõ.tɾu/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈkõ.tɾu/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈkõ.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈkõ.tɾo/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈkõ.tɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈkõ.tɾu/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desencontrar or from des- +‎ encontro. Compare Spanish desencuentro.

Noun

desencontro m (plural desencontros)

1. failed or unfortunate meeting
2. mismatch (of ideas or principles)

   Synonym: incompatibilidade

   • (Can we date this quote?), Álvaro de Campos, A Frescura‎^[1]:

     Até não consigo acender o cigarro seguinte... Se é um gesto, / Fique com os outros, que me esperam, no desencontro que é a vida.

     I can't even light the next cigarette... If it's a gesture, / Stay with the others, who are waiting for me, in the mismatch that is life.

Related terms

• desencontrar

Etymology 2

Verb

desencontro

1. first-person singular present indicative of desencontrar