abestar
Portuguese, verb/a.besˈta(ʁ)/
abestar is a Portuguese verb meaning “idiotize, dumb down (to make stupid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does abestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
idiotize, dumb down (to make stupid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of abestar
- abesto first-person present singular
- abestei first-person preterite singular
- abestado participle past
- abestares infinitive second-person singular
- abestarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abestardes infinitive plural second-person
- abestarem infinitive plural third-person
- abestando gerund
- abestados masculine participle past
- abestada feminine participle past
- abestadas feminine participle past
- abestas indicative present second-person
- abesta indicative present singular
- abestamos first-person indicative plural
- abestais indicative plural present
- abestam indicative plural present
- abestava first-person imperfect indicative
- abestavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abestar?
- Brazil /a.besˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.besˈta(h)]
- /a.besˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.