aparelhar
Portuguese, verb/a.pa.ɾeˈʎa(ʁ)/
aparelhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prepare, rig, make ready” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “providenciar o necessário”.
What does aparelhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prepare, rig, make ready
- 2
to harness (a horse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. providenciar o necessário 2. de acordo com a ideologia liberal, aumentar os órgãos públicos do governo 3. enfeitar 4. colocar (os) equipamentos
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 aparelhar
- aparelho first-person present singular
- aparelhei first-person preterite singular
- aparelhado participle past
- aparelhares infinitive second-person singular
- aparelharmos first-person infinitive plural
- aparelhardes infinitive plural second-person
- aparelharem infinitive plural third-person
- aparelhando gerund
- aparelhados masculine participle past
- aparelhada feminine participle past
- aparelhadas feminine participle past
- aparelhas indicative present second-person
- aparelha indicative present singular
- aparelhamos first-person indicative plural
- aparelhais indicative plural present
- aparelham indicative plural present
- aparelhava first-person imperfect indicative
- aparelhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparelhar?
- Brazil /a.pa.ɾeˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pa.ɾeˈʎa(h)]
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐ.ɾɨ.ˈʎaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aparelhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aparelhar in Portuguese?
aparelhar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).