acamar
Portuguese, verb/a.kɐ̃ˈma(ʁ)/
acamar is spelled A-C-A-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acamar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put to bed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispor em camadas”.
What does acamar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put to bed
- 2
to cause to lie down, to lay down
- 3
to arrange in layers
- 4
to straighten (hair or fur)
- 5
to stratify
- 6
to go to bed
- 7
to lie down
- 8
to lie sick in bed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. prender com açaimo 2. reprimir 3. o mesmo que açaimar
verb: 1. dispor em camadas 2. cair doente de cama
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 acamar
- acamo first-person present singular
- acamei first-person preterite singular
- acamado participle past
- acamares infinitive second-person singular
- acamarmos first-person infinitive plural
- acamardes infinitive plural second-person
- acamarem infinitive plural third-person
- acamando gerund
- acamados masculine participle past
- acamada feminine participle past
- acamadas feminine participle past
- acamas indicative present second-person
- acama indicative present singular
- acamamos first-person indicative plural
- acamais indicative plural present
- acamam indicative plural present
- acamava first-person imperfect indicative
- acamavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acamar?
- Brazil /a.kɐ̃ˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.kɐ̃ˈma(h)]
- Brazil /a.kaˈma(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acamar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acamar in Portuguese?
acamar appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).