deprecar
Portuguese, verb/de.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/
deprecar is spelled D-E-P-R-E-C-A-R (8 letters). Deprecar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to beg, to supplicate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tentar desviar ou afastar um mal com súplicas ou orações”.
What does deprecar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beg, to supplicate
- 2
to deprecate (to declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tentar desviar ou afastar um mal com súplicas ou orações 2. fazer deprecações ou súplicas 3. orar, suplicar 4. enviar deprecada
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 deprecar
- depreco first-person present singular
- deprequei first-person preterite singular
- deprecado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- deprecares infinitive second-person singular
- deprecarmos first-person infinitive plural
- deprecardes infinitive plural second-person
- deprecarem infinitive plural third-person
- deprecando gerund
- deprecados masculine participle past
- deprecada feminine participle past
- deprecadas feminine participle past
- deprecas indicative present second-person
- depreca indicative present singular
- deprecamos first-person indicative plural
- deprecais indicative plural present
- deprecam indicative plural present
- deprecava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deprecar?
- Brazil /de.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.pɾeˈka(h)]
- /de.pɾeˈka(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 deprecar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.