emperiquitar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.pe.ɾi.kiˈta(ʁ)/
emperiquitar is spelled E-M-P-E-R-I-Q-U-I-T-A-R (12 letters). Emperiquitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dress up, to doll up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enfeitar-se, por-se elegante, cuidar excessivamente o jeito de vestir e a aparência”.
What does emperiquitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto dress up, to doll up
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. enfeitar-se, por-se elegante, cuidar excessivamente o jeito de vestir e a aparência
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 emperiquitar
- emperiquito first-person present singular
- emperiquitei first-person preterite singular
- emperiquitado participle past
- emperiquitares infinitive second-person singular
- emperiquitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- emperiquitardes infinitive plural second-person
- emperiquitarem infinitive plural third-person
- emperiquitando gerund
- emperiquitados masculine participle past
- emperiquitada feminine participle past
- emperiquitadas feminine participle past
- emperiquitas indicative present second-person
- emperiquita indicative present singular
- emperiquitamos first-person indicative plural
- emperiquitais indicative plural present
- emperiquitam indicative plural present
- emperiquitava first-person imperfect indicative
- emperiquitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emperiquitar?
- Brazil /ẽ.pe.ɾi.kiˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.pe.ɾi.kiˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.pe.ɾi.kiˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.