desentendimento
/dezẽtẽdʒiˈmẽtu/
o (masc.) a (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- os desentendimentos
Meaning
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misunderstanding
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Foi um desentendimento.
It was a misunderstanding.
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Similar words
desentendimento is more about a disagreement or falling out, a rift; mal-entendido is more specifically about miscommunication, misunderstanding words.
Similar in other languages
German
Missverständnis is the German word for the same thing — both mean "misunderstanding."
Spanish
malentendido is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "misunderstanding."
Practice
1 What does desentendimento mean?
misunderstanding
2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___.
Full sentence: Foi um desentendimento. (It was a misunderstanding.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches desentendimento?
desentendimento: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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