apenar
Portuguese, verb/a.peˈna(ʁ)/
apenar is spelled A-P-E-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apenar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sadden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “punir”.
What does apenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sadden
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. punir 2. impor pena a 3. multar
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 apenar
- apeno first-person present singular
- apenei first-person preterite singular
- apenado participle past
- apenares infinitive second-person singular
- apenarmos first-person infinitive plural
- apenardes infinitive plural second-person
- apenarem infinitive plural third-person
- apenando gerund
- apenados masculine participle past
- apenada feminine participle past
- apenadas feminine participle past
- apenas indicative present second-person
- apena indicative present singular
- apenamos first-person indicative plural
- apenais indicative plural present
- apenam indicative plural present
- apenava first-person imperfect indicative
- apenavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apenar?
- Brazil /a.peˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.peˈna(h)]
- /a.peˈna(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apenar in Portuguese?
apenar appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).