eclipsar
Portuguese, verb/e.klipˈsa(ʁ)/
eclipsar is spelled E-C-L-I-P-S-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eclipsar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to eclipse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “interceptar a luz de (um astro)”.
What does eclipsar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to eclipse
- 2
to undergo an eclipse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. interceptar a luz de (um astro) 2. obscurecer, ocultar 3. exceder; ofuscar 4. sofrer eclipse (em se falando de um astro)
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 eclipsar
- eclipso first-person present singular
- eclipsei first-person preterite singular
- eclipsado participle past
- eclipsares infinitive second-person singular
- eclipsarmos first-person infinitive plural
- eclipsardes infinitive plural second-person
- eclipsarem infinitive plural third-person
- eclipsando gerund
- eclipsados masculine participle past
- eclipsada feminine participle past
- eclipsadas feminine participle past
- eclipsas indicative present second-person
- eclipsa indicative present singular
- eclipsamos first-person indicative plural
- eclipsais indicative plural present
- eclipsam indicative plural present
- eclipsava first-person imperfect indicative
- eclipsavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eclipsar?
- Brazil /e.klipˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.klipˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /e.kli.piˈsa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eclipsar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eclipsar in Portuguese?
eclipsar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).