aquelar
Portuguese, verb/a.keˈla(ʁ)/
aquelar is spelled A-Q-U-E-L-A-R (7 letters). Aquelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “a wildcard verb, used to replace mostly any other verb, in an informal context” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavra-ônibus; exprime qualquer ação, substituindo a outro verbo, por tabuísmo, por comodidade, por…”.
What does aquelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Portugalinformala wildcard verb, used to replace mostly any other verb, in an informal context
- 2
Portugalto arrange, repair; fulfill, carry out, accomplish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. palavra-ônibus; exprime qualquer ação, substituindo a outro verbo, por tabuísmo, por comodidade, por entendimento do que quer ser dito; fazer, arranjar
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 aquelar
- aquelo first-person present singular
- aquelei first-person preterite singular
- aquelado participle past
- aquelares infinitive second-person singular
- aquelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- aquelardes infinitive plural second-person
- aquelarem infinitive plural third-person
- aquelando gerund
- aquelados masculine participle past
- aquelada feminine participle past
- aqueladas feminine participle past
- aquelas indicative present second-person
- aquela indicative present singular
- aquelamos first-person indicative plural
- aquelais indicative plural present
- aquelam indicative plural present
- aquelava first-person imperfect indicative
- aquelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aquelar?
- Brazil /a.keˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.keˈla(h)]
- /a.keˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.