embrenhar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.bɾẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
embrenhar is spelled E-M-B-R-E-N-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embrenhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hide (in undergrowth, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esconder ou internar em brenha ou mato”.
What does embrenhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hide (in undergrowth, etc.)
- 2
to dive or immerse deeply into something (e.g. a task or activity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. esconder ou internar em brenha ou mato
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 embrenhar
- embrenho first-person present singular
- embrenhei first-person preterite singular
- embrenhado participle past
- embrenhares infinitive second-person singular
- embrenharmos first-person infinitive plural
- embrenhardes infinitive plural second-person
- embrenharem infinitive plural third-person
- embrenhando gerund
- embrenhados masculine participle past
- embrenhada feminine participle past
- embrenhadas feminine participle past
- embrenhas indicative present second-person
- embrenha indicative present singular
- embrenhamos first-person indicative plural
- embrenhais indicative plural present
- embrenham indicative plural present
- embrenhava first-person imperfect indicative
- embrenhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embrenhar?
- Brazil /ẽ.bɾẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.bɾẽˈj̃a(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.bɾẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embrenhar in Portuguese?
embrenhar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).