denegrir
Portuguese, verb/de.neˈɡɾi(ʁ)/
denegrir is spelled D-E-N-E-G-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denegrir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to denigrate (to criticize so as to besmirch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “difamar”.
What does denegrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to denigrate (to criticize so as to besmirch)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. difamar 2. macular
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 denegrir
- denigro first-person present singular
- denigre present singular third-person
- denegri first-person preterite singular
- denegrido participle past
- denegrires infinitive second-person singular
- denegrirmos first-person infinitive plural
- denegrirdes infinitive plural second-person
- denegrirem infinitive plural third-person
- denegrindo gerund
- denegridos masculine participle past
- denegrida feminine participle past
- denegridas feminine participle past
- denigres indicative present second-person
- denegrimos first-person indicative plural
- denegris indicative plural present
- denigrem indicative plural present
- denegria first-person imperfect indicative
- denegrias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce denegrir?
- Brazil /de.neˈɡɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.neˈɡɾi(h)]
- /de.neˈɡɾi(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 denegrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is denegrir in Portuguese?
denegrir appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).