abalar
Portuguese, verb/a.baˈla(ʁ)/
abalar is spelled A-B-A-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shake (cause (something) to move from side to side)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer tremer ou oscilar”.
What does abalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shake (cause (something) to move from side to side)
- 2
to shake (to disturb emotionally)
- 3
to affect, unsettle, shock
- 4
to shake (move from side to side)
- 5
to leave, go away
- 6
to be affected, unsettled, shocked
- 7
to be frightened
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer tremer ou oscilar 2. fazer perder a estabilidade, a firmeza, a solidez; comprometer 3. ter efeito negativo sobre
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abalar
- abalo first-person present singular
- abalei first-person preterite singular
- abalado participle past
- abalares infinitive second-person singular
- abalarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abalardes infinitive plural second-person
- abalarem infinitive plural third-person
- abalando gerund
- abalados masculine participle past
- abalada feminine participle past
- abaladas feminine participle past
- abalas indicative present second-person
- abala indicative present singular
- abalamos first-person indicative plural
- abalais indicative plural present
- abalam indicative plural present
- abalava first-person imperfect indicative
- abalavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abalar?
- Brazil /a.baˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.baˈla(h)]
- /a.baˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abalar in Portuguese?
abalar appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).