convalescer
Portuguese, verb/kõ.va.leˈse(ʁ)/
convalescer is spelled C-O-N-V-A-L-E-S-C-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Convalescer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to convalesce, recuperate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “restabelecer”.
What does convalescer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to convalesce, recuperate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. restabelecer 2. recuperar a saúde
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 convalescer
- convalesço first-person present singular
- convalesci first-person preterite singular
- convalescido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- convalesceres infinitive second-person singular
- convalescermos first-person infinitive plural
- convalescerdes infinitive plural second-person
- convalescerem infinitive plural third-person
- convalescendo gerund
- convalescidos masculine participle past
- convalescida feminine participle past
- convalescidas feminine participle past
- convalesces indicative present second-person
- convalesce indicative present singular
- convalescemos first-person indicative plural
- convalesceis indicative plural present
- convalescem indicative plural present
- convalescia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce convalescer?
- Brazil /kõ.va.leˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.va.leˈse(h)]
- /kõ.va.leˈse(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 convalescer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is convalescer in Portuguese?
convalescer appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).