degenerar
Portuguese, verb/de.ʒe.neˈɾa(ʁ)/
degenerar is spelled D-E-G-E-N-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degenerar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to degenerate, deteriorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perder as qualidades originais”.
What does degenerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to degenerate, deteriorate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perder as qualidades originais 2. deteriorar, apodrecer 3. transformar(-se) em algo pior 4. deturpar, modificar
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 degenerar
- degenero first-person present singular
- degenerei first-person preterite singular
- degenerado participle past
- degenerares infinitive second-person singular
- degenerarmos first-person infinitive plural
- degenerardes infinitive plural second-person
- degenerarem infinitive plural third-person
- degenerando gerund
- degenerados masculine participle past
- degenerada feminine participle past
- degeneradas feminine participle past
- degeneras indicative present second-person
- degenera indicative present singular
- degeneramos first-person indicative plural
- degenerais indicative plural present
- degeneram indicative plural present
- degenerava first-person imperfect indicative
- degeneravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degenerar?
- Brazil /de.ʒe.neˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.ʒe.neˈɾa(h)]
- /de.ʒe.neˈɾa(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 degenerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degenerar in Portuguese?
degenerar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).