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empedrar

Portuguese, verb/ẽ.peˈdɾa(ʁ)/

empedrar is spelled E-M-P-E-D-R-A-R (8 letters). Empedrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar-se duro como pedra”.

What does empedrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to pave

  2. 2

    to harden, to turn into stone

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. tornar-se duro como pedra 2. cobrir com pedras, pavimentar 3. dar, aparecer, surgir pedras

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 empedrar

  • empedro first-person present singular
  • empedrei first-person preterite singular
  • empedrado participle past
  • empedrares infinitive second-person singular
  • empedrarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • empedrardes infinitive plural second-person
  • empedrarem infinitive plural third-person
  • empedrando gerund
  • empedrados masculine participle past
  • empedrada feminine participle past
  • empedradas feminine participle past
  • empedras indicative present second-person
  • empedra indicative present singular
  • empedramos first-person indicative plural
  • empedrais indicative plural present
  • empedram indicative plural present
  • empedrava first-person imperfect indicative
  • empedravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce empedrar?

  • Brazil /ẽ.peˈdɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ẽ.peˈdɾa(h)]
  • Brazil /ĩ.peˈdɾa(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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