congelar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.ʒeˈla(ʁ)/
congelar is spelled C-O-N-G-E-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to freeze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudar do estado líquido para o sólido pela perda de calor”.
What does congelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to freeze
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mudar do estado líquido para o sólido pela perda de calor 2. tornar-se duro por perda de calor 3. ficar obstruído por formação de gelo 4. tornar frio; esfriar
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 congelar
- congelo first-person present singular
- congelei first-person preterite singular
- congelado participle past
- congelares infinitive second-person singular
- congelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- congelardes infinitive plural second-person
- congelarem infinitive plural third-person
- congelando gerund
- congelados masculine participle past
- congelada feminine participle past
- congeladas feminine participle past
- congelas indicative present second-person
- congela indicative present singular
- congelamos first-person indicative plural
- congelais indicative plural present
- congelam indicative plural present
- congelava first-person imperfect indicative
- congelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce congelar?
- Brazil /kõ.ʒeˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.ʒeˈla(h)]
- /kõ.ʒeˈla(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 congelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is congelar in Portuguese?
congelar appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).