cochilar
Portuguese, verb/ku.ʃiˈla(ʁ)/
cochilar is spelled C-O-C-H-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cochilar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to nap, doze, nod off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dormitar”.
What does cochilar mean in English?
verb
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Brazilto nap, doze, nod off
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dormitar 2. descuidar-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 cochilar
- cochilo first-person present singular
- cochilei first-person preterite singular
- cochilado participle past
- cochilares infinitive second-person singular
- cochilarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cochilardes infinitive plural second-person
- cochilarem infinitive plural third-person
- cochilando gerund
- cochilados masculine participle past
- cochilada feminine participle past
- cochiladas feminine participle past
- cochilas indicative present second-person
- cochila indicative present singular
- cochilamos first-person indicative plural
- cochilais indicative plural present
- cochilam indicative plural present
- cochilava first-person imperfect indicative
- cochilavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cochilar?
- Brazil /ku.ʃiˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ku.ʃiˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ko.ʃiˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cochilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cochilar in Portuguese?
cochilar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).