assenhorear
Portuguese, verb/a.sẽ.ɲo.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/
assenhorear is spelled A-S-S-E-N-H-O-R-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assenhorear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hold, take ownership (of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apoderar-se”.
What does assenhorear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hold, take ownership (of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apoderar-se 2. assumir a posse
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 assenhorear
- assenhoreio first-person present singular
- assenhoreei first-person preterite singular
- assenhoreado participle past
- assenhoreares infinitive second-person singular
- assenhorearmos first-person infinitive plural
- assenhoreardes infinitive plural second-person
- assenhorearem infinitive plural third-person
- assenhoreando gerund
- assenhoreados masculine participle past
- assenhoreada feminine participle past
- assenhoreadas feminine participle past
- assenhoreias indicative present second-person
- assenhoreia indicative present singular
- assenhoreamos first-person indicative plural
- assenhoreais indicative plural present
- assenhoreiam indicative plural present
- assenhoreava first-person imperfect indicative
- assenhoreavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assenhorear?
- Brazil /a.sẽ.ɲo.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.sẽ.j̃o.ɾeˈa(h)]
- /a.sẽ.ɲo.ɾeˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is assenhorear in Portuguese?
assenhorear appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).