crestar
Portuguese, verb/kɾesˈta(ʁ)/
crestar is spelled C-R-E-S-T-A-R (7 letters). Crestar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “queimar levemente à superfície”.
What does crestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sear
- 2
to roast
verb
- 1
to collect honey from a beehive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. queimar levemente à superfície 2. tostar 3. secar por efeito do frio ou calor, referido sobretudo às plantas
verb: 1. castrar as colmeias, tirar o mel dos favos da colmeia 2. saquear
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 crestar
- cresto first-person present singular
- crestei first-person preterite singular
- crestado participle past
- crestares infinitive second-person singular
- crestarmos first-person infinitive plural
- crestardes infinitive plural second-person
- crestarem infinitive plural third-person
- crestando gerund
- crestados masculine participle past
- crestada feminine participle past
- crestadas feminine participle past
- crestas indicative present second-person
- cresta indicative present singular
- crestamos first-person indicative plural
- crestais indicative plural present
- crestam indicative plural present
- crestava first-person imperfect indicative
- crestavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crestar?
- Brazil /kɾesˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɾesˈta(h)]
- /kɾesˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.