digladiar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.ɡla.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
digladiar is spelled D-I-G-L-A-D-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese, the 246,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Digladiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to do battle, go to war, digladiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “combater com o gládio, com a espada”.
What does digladiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do battle, go to war, digladiate
Os lideres do partido vão digladiar-se antes das eleições.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. combater com o gládio, com a espada 2. discutir; contestar; disputar; lutar contra
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 digladiar
- digladio first-person present singular
- digladiei first-person preterite singular
- digladiado participle past
- digladiares infinitive second-person singular
- digladiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- digladiardes infinitive plural second-person
- digladiarem infinitive plural third-person
- digladiando gerund
- digladiados masculine participle past
- digladiada feminine participle past
- digladiadas feminine participle past
- digladias indicative present second-person
- digladia indicative present singular
- digladiamos first-person indicative plural
- digladiais indicative plural present
- digladiam indicative plural present
- digladiava first-person imperfect indicative
- digladiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce digladiar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.ɡla.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.ɡla.d͡ʒiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.ɡlaˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is digladiar in Portuguese?
digladiar appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).