empolar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.poˈla(ʁ)/
empolar is spelled E-M-P-O-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empolar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cause or form blisters on the skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer empolas (bolhas) em”.
What does empolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause or form blisters on the skin
- 2
to become conceited
- 3
to rise
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que empoláceo
verb: 1. fazer empolas (bolhas) em 2. criar ou produzir empolas 3. crescer em forma de empolas 4. (empolar-se) avolumar-se, encapelar-se (as vagas, o mar)
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 empolar
- empolo first-person present singular
- empolei first-person preterite singular
- empolado participle past
- empolares infinitive second-person singular
- empolarmos first-person infinitive plural
- empolardes infinitive plural second-person
- empolarem infinitive plural third-person
- empolando gerund
- empolados masculine participle past
- empolada feminine participle past
- empoladas feminine participle past
- empolas indicative present second-person
- empola indicative present singular
- empolamos first-person indicative plural
- empolais indicative plural present
- empolam indicative plural present
- empolava first-person imperfect indicative
- empolavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empolar?
- Brazil /ẽ.poˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.poˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.poˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empolar in Portuguese?
empolar appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).