arquejar
Portuguese, verb/aʁ.keˈʒa(ʁ)/
arquejar is spelled A-R-Q-U-E-J-A-R (8 letters). Arquejar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pant, gasp, wheeze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “respirar com dificuldade”.
What does arquejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pant, gasp, wheeze
- 2
to yearn
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. respirar com dificuldade 2. arfar 3. ofegar 4. ansiar
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 arquejar
- arquejo first-person present singular
- arquejei first-person preterite singular
- arquejado participle past
- arquejares infinitive second-person singular
- arquejarmos first-person infinitive plural
- arquejardes infinitive plural second-person
- arquejarem infinitive plural third-person
- arquejando gerund
- arquejados masculine participle past
- arquejada feminine participle past
- arquejadas feminine participle past
- arquejas indicative present second-person
- arqueja indicative present singular
- arquejamos first-person indicative plural
- arquejais indicative plural present
- arquejam indicative plural present
- arquejava first-person imperfect indicative
- arquejavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arquejar?
- Brazil /aʁ.keˈʒa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ah.keˈʒa(h)]
- /aɾ.keˈʒa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arquejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.