assomar
Portuguese, verb/a.soˈma(ʁ)/
assomar is spelled A-S-S-O-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assomar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to appear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparecer ao longe”.
What does assomar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appear
- 2
to loom
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aparecer ao longe 2. aparecer à janela, porta ou postigo
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo assomar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo assomar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo assomar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo assomar
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 assomar
- assomo first-person present singular
- assomei first-person preterite singular
- assomado participle past
- assomares infinitive second-person singular
- assomarmos first-person infinitive plural
- assomardes infinitive plural second-person
- assomarem infinitive plural third-person
- assomando gerund
- assomados masculine participle past
- assomada feminine participle past
- assomadas feminine participle past
- assomas indicative present second-person
- assoma indicative present singular
- assomamos first-person indicative plural
- assomais indicative plural present
- assomam indicative plural present
- assomava first-person imperfect indicative
- assomavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assomar?
- Brazil /a.soˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.soˈma(h)]
- /a.soˈma(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is assomar in Portuguese?
assomar appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).