Polyglot Dictionary

desencadear

/dezẽkaˈdʒjaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
desencadeo
preterite (eu)
desencadeei
past participle
desencadeado

Meaning

  1. to trigger

    • Desencadeou uma crise.

      It triggered a crisis.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

acionar

acionar is more mechanical or direct, like triggering a mechanism or activating a device; desencadear is more about setting off a chain of events, like triggering a crisis.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

desencadenar

desencadenar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to trigger."

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