amparar
Portuguese, verb
amparar is spelled A-M-P-A-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amparar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to safeguard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar amparo; prestar auxílio; ajudar”.
What does amparar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to safeguard
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar amparo; prestar auxílio; ajudar: 2. evitar a queda; segurar; apoiar: 3. encostar-se, apoiar-se: 4. procurar apoio físico ou moral; acolher-se:
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 amparar
- amparo first-person present singular
- amparei first-person preterite singular
- amparado participle past
- amparares infinitive second-person singular
- ampararmos first-person infinitive plural
- amparardes infinitive plural second-person
- ampararem infinitive plural third-person
- amparando gerund
- amparados masculine participle past
- amparada feminine participle past
- amparadas feminine participle past
- amparas indicative present second-person
- ampara indicative present singular
- amparamos first-person indicative plural
- amparais indicative plural present
- amparam indicative plural present
- amparava first-person imperfect indicative
- amparavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is amparar in Portuguese?
amparar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).