empobrecer
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/
empobrecer is spelled E-M-P-O-B-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empobrecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to impoverish (to make poor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar(-se) pobre”.
What does empobrecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to impoverish (to make poor)
- 2
to impoverish (to become poor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar(-se) pobre 2. diminuir a qualidade
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 empobrecer
- empobreço first-person present singular
- empobreci first-person preterite singular
- empobrecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- empobreceres infinitive second-person singular
- empobrecermos first-person infinitive plural
- empobrecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- empobrecerem infinitive plural third-person
- empobrecendo gerund
- empobrecidos masculine participle past
- empobrecida feminine participle past
- empobrecidas feminine participle past
- empobreces indicative present second-person
- empobrece indicative present singular
- empobrecemos first-person indicative plural
- empobreceis indicative plural present
- empobrecem indicative plural present
- empobrecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empobrecer?
- Brazil /ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.po.bɾeˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.po.bɾeˈse(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 empobrecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empobrecer in Portuguese?
empobrecer appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).