emperrar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.peˈʁa(ʁ)/
emperrar is spelled E-M-P-E-R-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emperrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stick; to jam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar-se perro, difícil de movimentar”.
What does emperrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stick; to jam
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar-se perro, difícil de movimentar 2. travar, parar o movimento 3. parar de funcionar
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 emperrar
- emperro first-person present singular
- emperrei first-person preterite singular
- emperrado participle past
- emperrares infinitive second-person singular
- emperrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- emperrardes infinitive plural second-person
- emperrarem infinitive plural third-person
- emperrando gerund
- emperrados masculine participle past
- emperrada feminine participle past
- emperradas feminine participle past
- emperras indicative present second-person
- emperra indicative present singular
- emperramos first-person indicative plural
- emperrais indicative plural present
- emperram indicative plural present
- emperrava first-person imperfect indicative
- emperravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emperrar?
- Brazil /ẽ.peˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.peˈha(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.peˈʁa(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 emperrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emperrar in Portuguese?
emperrar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).