assorear
Portuguese, verb/a.so.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/
assorear is spelled A-S-S-O-R-E-A-R (8 letters). Assorear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to silt up (become filled or clogged with silt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de causar assoreamento”.
What does assorear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to silt up (become filled or clogged with silt)
- 2
to block a waterway
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ato de causar assoreamento 2. obstruir rios ou lagos com detritos (areia, terra, entre outros)
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 assorear
- assoreio first-person present singular
- assoreei first-person preterite singular
- assoreado participle past
- assoreares infinitive second-person singular
- assorearmos first-person infinitive plural
- assoreardes infinitive plural second-person
- assorearem infinitive plural third-person
- assoreando gerund
- assoreados masculine participle past
- assoreada feminine participle past
- assoreadas feminine participle past
- assoreias indicative present second-person
- assoreia indicative present singular
- assoreamos first-person indicative plural
- assoreais indicative plural present
- assoreiam indicative plural present
- assoreava first-person imperfect indicative
- assoreavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assorear?
- Brazil /a.so.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.so.ɾeˈa(h)]
- /a.so.ɾeˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.