desconcertante

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Galician-Portuguese des-

Portuguese des-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin certō

Latin concertāre

Portuguese concertar

Portuguese desconcertar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Old Galician-Portuguese -ante

Portuguese -ante

Portuguese desconcertante

From desconcertar + -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [des.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [des.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒis.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.sehˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [deʃ.kõ.seχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.seχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.seɻˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.seɻˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.sɨɾˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: des‧con‧cer‧tan‧te

Adjective

desconcertante m or f (plural desconcertantes)

1. disconcerting; unsettling; baffling

Further reading

• “desconcertante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “desconcertante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin certō

Latin concertāre

Spanish concertar

Spanish desconcertar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish desconcertante

From desconcertar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskonθeɾˈtante/ [d̪es.kõn̟.θeɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deskonseɾˈtante/ [d̪es.kõn.seɾˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: des‧con‧cer‧tan‧te

Adjective

desconcertante m or f (masculine and feminine plural desconcertantes)

1. disconcerting, unnerving, discomfiting
2. puzzling, baffling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying

Related terms

• concertar
• concierto

Further reading

• “desconcertante”, 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