desempenho

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desempenhar (“to perform”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpẽ.ɲu/ [de.zẽˈpẽ.j̃u], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpẽ.ɲu/ [de.zĩˈpẽ.j̃u], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpẽ.ɲu/ [d͡ʒi.zẽˈpẽ.j̃u], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈpẽ.ɲu/ [d͡ʒi.zĩˈpẽ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpẽ.ɲu/ [de.zẽˈpẽ.j̃u], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpẽ.ɲu/ [de.zĩˈpẽ.j̃u], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpẽ.ɲu/ [d͡ʒi.zẽˈpẽ.j̃u], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈpẽ.ɲu/ [d͡ʒi.zĩˈpẽ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpe.ɲo/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpe.ɲo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpɐ(j).ɲu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpɐ(j).ɲu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpe.ɲu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpe.ɲu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpe.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -eɲu, (Portugal) -ɐɲu
• Hyphenation: de‧sem‧pe‧nho

Noun

desempenho m (plural desempenhos)

1. achievement
2. performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)

   Synonym: performance

3. (film, theater) performance; acting

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

desempenho

1. first-person singular present indicative of desempenhar

Further reading

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