emular
Portuguese, verb/e.muˈla(ʁ)/
emular is spelled E-M-U-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to emulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter emulação de alguém”.
What does emular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter emulação de alguém 2. rivalizar 3. tornar-se igual 4. rivalizar com
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 emular
- emulo first-person present singular
- emulei first-person preterite singular
- emulado participle past
- emulares infinitive second-person singular
- emularmos first-person infinitive plural
- emulardes infinitive plural second-person
- emularem infinitive plural third-person
- emulando gerund
- emulados masculine participle past
- emulada feminine participle past
- emuladas feminine participle past
- emulas indicative present second-person
- emula indicative present singular
- emulamos first-person indicative plural
- emulais indicative plural present
- emulam indicative plural present
- emulava first-person imperfect indicative
- emulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emular?
- Brazil /e.muˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.muˈla(h)]
- /e.muˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emular in Portuguese?
emular appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).