abocanhar
Portuguese, verb/a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
abocanhar is spelled A-B-O-C-A-N-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abocanhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “bite (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apanhar ou agarrar com a boca”.
What does abocanhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
bite (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth)
- 2
bite (to cut something with one’s teeth)
- 3
to eat, devour
- 4
to defame, to slander
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apanhar ou agarrar com a boca 2. cortar com os dentes 3. morder 4. parar de chover
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 abocanhar
- abocanho first-person present singular
- abocanhei first-person preterite singular
- abocanhado participle past
- abocanhares infinitive second-person singular
- abocanharmos first-person infinitive plural
- abocanhardes infinitive plural second-person
- abocanharem infinitive plural third-person
- abocanhando gerund
- abocanhados masculine participle past
- abocanhada feminine participle past
- abocanhadas feminine participle past
- abocanhas indicative present second-person
- abocanha indicative present singular
- abocanhamos first-person indicative plural
- abocanhais indicative plural present
- abocanham indicative plural present
- abocanhava first-person imperfect indicative
- abocanhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abocanhar?
- Brazil /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- Portugal /ɐ.bu.kɐ.ˈɲaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abocanhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abocanhar in Portuguese?
abocanhar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).