congestionar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/
congestionar is spelled C-O-N-G-E-S-T-I-O-N-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congestionar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to jam; to congest (to cause congestion or blockage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar congestão”.
What does congestionar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jam; to congest (to cause congestion or blockage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar congestão 2. parar ou diminuir a velocidade do fluxo (em se falando do trânsito) 3. ter fluxo anormal de sangue 4. enrubescer, afoguear
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 congestionar
- congestiono first-person present singular
- congestionei first-person preterite singular
- congestionado participle past
- congestionares infinitive second-person singular
- congestionarmos first-person infinitive plural
- congestionardes infinitive plural second-person
- congestionarem infinitive plural third-person
- congestionando gerund
- congestionados masculine participle past
- congestionada feminine participle past
- congestionadas feminine participle past
- congestionas indicative present second-person
- congestiona indicative present singular
- congestionamos first-person indicative plural
- congestionais indicative plural present
- congestionam indicative plural present
- congestionava first-person imperfect indicative
- congestionavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce congestionar?
- Brazil /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(h)]
- Brazil /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(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 congestionar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is congestionar in Portuguese?
congestionar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).