aporrear
Portuguese, verb/a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/
aporrear is spelled A-P-O-R-R-E-A-R (8 letters). Aporrear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to beat someone up, especially with a blunt weapon; to bludgeon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espancar; dar pancadas em”.
What does aporrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto beat someone up, especially with a blunt weapon; to bludgeon
- 2
colloquialto annoy or bother
- 3
to tame or curb a horse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. espancar; dar pancadas em 2. domar mal o cavalo, ou não conseguir domar
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 aporrear
- aporreio first-person present singular
- aporreei first-person preterite singular
- aporreado participle past
- aporreares infinitive second-person singular
- aporrearmos first-person infinitive plural
- aporreardes infinitive plural second-person
- aporrearem infinitive plural third-person
- aporreando gerund
- aporreados masculine participle past
- aporreada feminine participle past
- aporreadas feminine participle past
- aporreias indicative present second-person
- aporreia indicative present singular
- aporreamos first-person indicative plural
- aporreais indicative plural present
- aporreiam indicative plural present
- aporreava first-person imperfect indicative
- aporreavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aporrear?
- Brazil /a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.po.heˈa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.