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/
    • (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:
      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.

Verb

desencontro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of desencontrar
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