despenhar
Portuguese, verb/des.pẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
despenhar is spelled D-E-S-P-E-N-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despenhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to crash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cair duma penha”.
What does despenhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crash
O avião despenhou-se sobre o mar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cair duma penha 2. cair desde um alto por um lugar abrupto
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 despenhar
- despenho first-person present singular
- despenhei first-person preterite singular
- despenhado participle past
- despenhares infinitive second-person singular
- despenharmos first-person infinitive plural
- despenhardes infinitive plural second-person
- despenharem infinitive plural third-person
- despenhando gerund
- despenhados masculine participle past
- despenhada feminine participle past
- despenhadas feminine participle past
- despenhas indicative present second-person
- despenha indicative present singular
- despenhamos first-person indicative plural
- despenhais indicative plural present
- despenham indicative plural present
- despenhava first-person imperfect indicative
- despenhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despenhar?
- Brazil /des.pẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.pẽˈj̃a(h)]
- /des.pẽˈɲa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is despenhar in Portuguese?
despenhar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).