embutir
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.buˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
embutir is spelled E-M-B-U-T-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embutir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to insert, to fit (into an opening or gap)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “meter à força”.
What does embutir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to insert, to fit (into an opening or gap)
- 2
to shove
- 3
to veneer (an object, a surface, etc.)
- 4
to inlay (a material)
- 5
to include as a component (e.g. a surcharge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. meter à força 2. marchetar 3. fazer embutidos 4. comer excessivamente
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 embutir
- embuto first-person present singular
- embuti first-person preterite singular
- embutido participle past
- embutires infinitive second-person singular
- embutirmos first-person infinitive plural
- embutirdes infinitive plural second-person
- embutirem infinitive plural third-person
- embutindo gerund
- embutidos masculine participle past
- embutida feminine participle past
- embutidas feminine participle past
- embutes indicative present second-person
- embute indicative present singular
- embutimos first-person indicative plural
- embutis indicative plural present
- embutem indicative plural present
- embutia first-person imperfect indicative
- embutias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embutir?
- Brazil /ẽ.buˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.buˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.buˈt͡ʃi(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 embutir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embutir in Portuguese?
embutir appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).