embrutecer
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.bɾu.teˈse(ʁ)/
embrutecer is spelled E-M-B-R-U-T-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embrutecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stultify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar(-se) bruto, rude”.
What does embrutecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stultify
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar(-se) bruto, rude 2. tornar mais difícil
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 embrutecer
- embruteço first-person present singular
- embruteci first-person preterite singular
- embrutecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- embruteceres infinitive second-person singular
- embrutecermos first-person infinitive plural
- embrutecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- embrutecerem infinitive plural third-person
- embrutecendo gerund
- embrutecidos masculine participle past
- embrutecida feminine participle past
- embrutecidas feminine participle past
- embruteces indicative present second-person
- embrutece indicative present singular
- embrutecemos first-person indicative plural
- embruteceis indicative plural present
- embrutecem indicative plural present
- embrutecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embrutecer?
- Brazil /ẽ.bɾu.teˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.bɾu.teˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.bɾu.teˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embrutecer in Portuguese?
embrutecer appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).