avermelhar
Portuguese, verb/a.veʁ.meˈʎa(ʁ)/
avermelhar is spelled A-V-E-R-M-E-L-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avermelhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to redden (to turn red)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer ou tornar vermelho”.
What does avermelhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to redden (to turn red)
- 2
to blush (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer ou tornar vermelho 2. corar 3. fazer-se vermelho 4. corar-se, ruborizar-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 avermelhar
- avermelho first-person present singular
- avermelhei first-person preterite singular
- avermelhado participle past
- avermelhares infinitive second-person singular
- avermelharmos first-person infinitive plural
- avermelhardes infinitive plural second-person
- avermelharem infinitive plural third-person
- avermelhando gerund
- avermelhados masculine participle past
- avermelhada feminine participle past
- avermelhadas feminine participle past
- avermelhas indicative present second-person
- avermelha indicative present singular
- avermelhamos first-person indicative plural
- avermelhais indicative plural present
- avermelham indicative plural present
- avermelhava first-person imperfect indicative
- avermelhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avermelhar?
- Brazil /a.veʁ.meˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.veɦ.meˈʎa(h)]
- /a.veɾ.meˈʎa(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 avermelhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avermelhar in Portuguese?
avermelhar 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).