difamar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.faˈma(ʁ)/
difamar is spelled D-I-F-A-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Difamar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to defame (to harm the reputation of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “publicar a desonra ou o descrédito de alguém”.
What does difamar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defame (to harm the reputation of)
- 2
to slander (utter a slanderous statement)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. publicar a desonra ou o descrédito de alguém 2. caluniar
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 difamar
- difamo first-person present singular
- difamei first-person preterite singular
- difamado participle past
- difamares infinitive second-person singular
- difamarmos first-person infinitive plural
- difamardes infinitive plural second-person
- difamarem infinitive plural third-person
- difamando gerund
- difamados masculine participle past
- difamada feminine participle past
- difamadas feminine participle past
- difamas indicative present second-person
- difama indicative present singular
- difamamos first-person indicative plural
- difamais indicative plural present
- difamam indicative plural present
- difamava first-person imperfect indicative
- difamavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce difamar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.faˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.faˈma(h)]
- /d͡ʒi.faˈma(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 difamar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is difamar in Portuguese?
difamar appears 1.1 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).