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bumbar

Portuguese, verb/bũˈba(ʁ)/

bumbar is spelled B-U-M-B-A-R (6 letters). Bumbar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to beat up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sovar; espancar”.

What does bumbar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Brazilto beat up

verb

  1. 1

    to work hard

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. sovar; espancar

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 bumbar

  • bumbo first-person present singular
  • bumbei first-person preterite singular
  • bumbado participle past
  • bumbares infinitive second-person singular
  • bumbarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • bumbardes infinitive plural second-person
  • bumbarem infinitive plural third-person
  • bumbando gerund
  • bumbados masculine participle past
  • bumbada feminine participle past
  • bumbadas feminine participle past
  • bumbas indicative present second-person
  • bumba indicative present singular
  • bumbamos first-person indicative plural
  • bumbais indicative plural present
  • bumbam indicative plural present
  • bumbava first-person imperfect indicative
  • bumbavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce bumbar?

  • Brazil /bũˈba(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [bũˈba(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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