avacalhar
Portuguese, verb/a.va.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
avacalhar is spelled A-V-A-C-A-L-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avacalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to ridicule, mock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desmoralizar”.
What does avacalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto ridicule, mock
- 2
informalto do something clumsily or carelessly
Ele avacalhou a limpeza por causa da pressa.
- 3
informalto promote disorder, confusion or embarrassment
Não seguia as regras: queria avacalhar o jogo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desmoralizar 2. deprimir 3. rebaixar 4. deprimir-se; desfazer-se
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 avacalhar
- avacalho first-person present singular
- avacalhei first-person preterite singular
- avacalhado participle past
- avacalhares infinitive second-person singular
- avacalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- avacalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- avacalharem infinitive plural third-person
- avacalhando gerund
- avacalhados masculine participle past
- avacalhada feminine participle past
- avacalhadas feminine participle past
- avacalhas indicative present second-person
- avacalha indicative present singular
- avacalhamos first-person indicative plural
- avacalhais indicative plural present
- avacalham indicative plural present
- avacalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- avacalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avacalhar?
- Brazil /a.va.kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.va.kaˈʎa(h)]
- /a.va.kaˈʎa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is avacalhar in Portuguese?
avacalhar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).