desajeitado

Portuguese

Etymology

From desajeitar, from des- + ajeitar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.ʒejˈta.du/ [de.za.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.du], /d͡ʒi.za.ʒejˈta.du/ [d͡ʒi.za.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.ʒejˈta.du/ [de.za.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.du], /d͡ʒi.za.ʒejˈta.du/ [d͡ʒi.za.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.ʒejˈta.do/ [de.za.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.do]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒɐjˈta.du/ [dɨ.zɐ.ʒɐjˈta.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒɐjˈta.du/ [dɨ.zɐ.ʒɐjˈta.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒejˈta.du/ [dɨ.zɐ.ʒejˈta.ðu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒejˈta.du/ [dɨ.zɐ.ʒejˈta.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.ʒeˈta.du/ [dɨ.zɐ.ʒeˈta.ðu]

• Hyphenation: de‧sa‧jei‧to

Adjective

desajeitado (feminine desajeitada, masculine plural desajeitados, feminine plural desajeitadas, comparable, comparative mais desajeitado, superlative o mais desajeitado or desajeitadíssimo)

1. awkward; clumsy

Usage notes

• Usually desajeitado is meant as a quality (—use with ser—) while sem jeito is meant as a state (—use with estar or ficar).

Derived terms

• desajeitadamente

Further reading

• “desajeitado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024