abelhar
Portuguese, verb/a.beˈʎa(ʁ)/
abelhar is spelled A-B-E-L-H-A-R (7 letters). Abelhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to toil, work hard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “concorrer com uma quantia qualquer para um fim de interesse comum”.
What does abelhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to toil, work hard
- 2
to subsidize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. concorrer com uma quantia qualquer para um fim de interesse comum 2. mostrar-se ativo e diligente como as abelhas
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 abelhar
- abelho first-person present singular
- abelhei first-person preterite singular
- abelhado participle past
- abelhares infinitive second-person singular
- abelharmos first-person infinitive plural
- abelhardes infinitive plural second-person
- abelharem infinitive plural third-person
- abelhando gerund
- abelhados masculine participle past
- abelhada feminine participle past
- abelhadas feminine participle past
- abelhas indicative present second-person
- abelha indicative present singular
- abelhamos first-person indicative plural
- abelhais indicative plural present
- abelham indicative plural present
- abelhava first-person imperfect indicative
- abelhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abelhar?
- Brazil /a.beˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.beˈʎa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.