From des- + florestar.
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.flo.ɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [des.flo.ɾesˈta(h)], /d͡ʒis.flo.ɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.flo.ɾesˈta(h)]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.flo.ɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [des.flo.ɾesˈta(h)], /d͡ʒis.flo.ɾesˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.flo.ɾesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.flo.ɾesˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.flo.ɾesˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.flo.ɾeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [deʃ.flo.ɾeʃˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.flo.ɾeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.flo.ɾeʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.flo.ɾesˈta(ɻ)/
desflorestar (first-person singular present desfloresto, first-person singular preterite desflorestei, past participle desflorestado)
- to clear (to fell all trees of a forest)
- Synonym: desmatar
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.