embranquecer
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ʁ)/
embranquecer is spelled E-M-B-R-A-N-Q-U-E-C-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embranquecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to whiten (to make white or whiter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar branco”.
What does embranquecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whiten (to make white or whiter)
- 2
to whiten (to become white or whiter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar branco 2. tornar-se branco
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 embranquecer
- embranqueço first-person present singular
- embranqueci first-person preterite singular
- embranquecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- embranqueceres infinitive second-person singular
- embranquecermos first-person infinitive plural
- embranquecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- embranquecerem infinitive plural third-person
- embranquecendo gerund
- embranquecidos masculine participle past
- embranquecida feminine participle past
- embranquecidas feminine participle past
- embranqueces indicative present second-person
- embranquece indicative present singular
- embranquecemos first-person indicative plural
- embranqueceis indicative plural present
- embranquecem indicative plural present
- embranquecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embranquecer?
- Brazil /ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.bɾɐ̃.keˈse(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 embranquecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embranquecer in Portuguese?
embranquecer appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).