acobertar
Portuguese, verb/a.ko.beʁˈta(ʁ)/
acobertar is spelled A-C-O-B-E-R-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acobertar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cover (conceal or protect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cobrir algo, alguém ou a própria pessoa com materiais adequados a proteger ou conservar”.
What does acobertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cover (conceal or protect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cobrir algo, alguém ou a própria pessoa com materiais adequados a proteger ou conservar 2. favorecer alguém
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 acobertar
- acoberto first-person present singular
- acobertei first-person preterite singular
- acobertado participle past
- acobertares infinitive second-person singular
- acobertarmos first-person infinitive plural
- acobertardes infinitive plural second-person
- acobertarem infinitive plural third-person
- acobertando gerund
- acobertados masculine participle past
- acobertada feminine participle past
- acobertadas feminine participle past
- acobertas indicative present second-person
- acoberta indicative present singular
- acobertamos first-person indicative plural
- acobertais indicative plural present
- acobertam indicative plural present
- acobertava first-person imperfect indicative
- acobertavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acobertar?
- Brazil /a.ko.beʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ko.behˈta(h)]
- /a.ko.beɾˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is acobertar in Portuguese?
acobertar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).