abrigar
Portuguese, verb/a.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
abrigar is spelled A-B-R-I-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrigar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to harbour (provide refuge for)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conceder abrigo a”.
What does abrigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harbour (provide refuge for)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. conceder abrigo a 2. agasalhar
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 abrigar
- abrigo first-person present singular
- abriguei first-person preterite singular
- abrigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- abrigares infinitive second-person singular
- abrigarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abrigardes infinitive plural second-person
- abrigarem infinitive plural third-person
- abrigando gerund
- abrigados masculine participle past
- abrigada feminine participle past
- abrigadas feminine participle past
- abrigas indicative present second-person
- abriga indicative present singular
- abrigamos first-person indicative plural
- abrigais indicative plural present
- abrigam indicative plural present
- abrigava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrigar?
- Brazil /a.bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.bɾiˈɡa(h)]
- /a.bɾiˈɡa(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 abrigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrigar in Portuguese?
abrigar appears 7.4 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).