acalentar
Portuguese, verb/a.ka.lẽˈta(ʁ)/
acalentar is spelled A-C-A-L-E-N-T-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). Acalentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cherish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aconchegar ao peito”.
What does acalentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cherish
- 2
to lull, comfort
- 3
to calm down
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aconchegar ao peito 2. embalar 3. consolar
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 acalentar
- acalento first-person present singular
- acalentei first-person preterite singular
- acalentado participle past
- acalentares infinitive second-person singular
- acalentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- acalentardes infinitive plural second-person
- acalentarem infinitive plural third-person
- acalentando gerund
- acalentados masculine participle past
- acalentada feminine participle past
- acalentadas feminine participle past
- acalentas indicative present second-person
- acalenta indicative present singular
- acalentamos first-person indicative plural
- acalentais indicative plural present
- acalentam indicative plural present
- acalentava first-person imperfect indicative
- acalentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acalentar?
- Brazil /a.ka.lẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ka.lẽˈta(h)]
- /a.ka.lẽˈta(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 acalentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acalentar in Portuguese?
acalentar 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).