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avassalar

Portuguese, verb/a.va.saˈla(ʁ)/

avassalar is spelled A-V-A-S-S-A-L-A-R (9 letters). Avassalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make someone a vassal, to subjugate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar vassalo”.

What does avassalar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make someone a vassal, to subjugate

  2. 2

    to overwhelm (to overpower or crush)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. tornar vassalo 2. dominar

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 avassalar

  • avassalo first-person present singular
  • avassalei first-person preterite singular
  • avassalado participle past
  • avassalares infinitive second-person singular
  • avassalarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • avassalardes infinitive plural second-person
  • avassalarem infinitive plural third-person
  • avassalando gerund
  • avassalados masculine participle past
  • avassalada feminine participle past
  • avassaladas feminine participle past
  • avassalas indicative present second-person
  • avassala indicative present singular
  • avassalamos first-person indicative plural
  • avassalais indicative plural present
  • avassalam indicative plural present
  • avassalava first-person imperfect indicative
  • avassalavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce avassalar?

  • Brazil /a.va.saˈla(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [a.va.saˈla(h)]
  • /a.va.saˈla(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 avassalar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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