dechavar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.ʃaˈva(ʁ)/
dechavar is spelled D-E-C-H-A-V-A-R (8 letters). Dechavar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to break down into a usable form; to shred (tobacco and cannabis leaves); to pulverize and portion (cocaine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esmagar”.
What does dechavar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilinformalslangto break down into a usable form; to shred (tobacco and cannabis leaves); to pulverize and portion (cocaine)
- 2
Brazilinformalto perform (something) very well; to nail; to rock
- 3
Brazilinformalto shred (to overwhelmingly defeat another)
- 4
Brazilinformalto criticize harshly
- 5
Brazilinformalto break down, to detail (to explain carefully and in detail)
- 6
Brazilinformalto hide, conceal
- 7
Brazilinformalto hide (oneself); to change one's behavior so as to conceal something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. esmagar 2. reduzir a pó 3. moer
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 dechavar
- dechavo first-person present singular
- dechavei first-person preterite singular
- dechavado participle past
- dechavares infinitive second-person singular
- dechavarmos first-person infinitive plural
- dechavardes infinitive plural second-person
- dechavarem infinitive plural third-person
- dechavando gerund
- dechavados masculine participle past
- dechavada feminine participle past
- dechavadas feminine participle past
- dechavas indicative present second-person
- dechava indicative present singular
- dechavamos first-person indicative plural
- dechavais indicative plural present
- dechavam indicative plural present
- dechavava first-person imperfect indicative
- dechavavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dechavar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.ʃaˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.ʃaˈva(h)]
- /d͡ʒi.ʃaˈva(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.