debulhar
/dɨ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/
The verdict
“debulhar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tirar ou separar os grãos, os bagos ou as sementes de (cereal, fruta, legume); esbagoar
Corpus desk
Index PT-debulhar · debulhar · Portuguese
debulhar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debulhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɨ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “debulhar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
debulhar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /dɨ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for debulhar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is debulhar, spelled D-E-B-U-L-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1tirar ou separar os grãos, os bagos ou as sementes de (cereal, fruta, legume); esbagoar
- 2retirar a casca de (cereal, fruta, legume)
- 3(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) mover por entre os dedos (contas de terço), acompanhando as orações próprias; rezar (terço ou rosário)
- 4deixar cair os grãos ou os bagos
- 5(Derivação: sentido figurado) desfazer-se em; desmanchar-se
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how debulhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
debulhar o milho
debulhar um mamão, uma abóbora
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.