encabular
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ka.buˈla(ʁ)/
encabular is spelled E-N-C-A-B-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encabular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shame, to induce shyness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “envergonhar, encalistrar”.
What does encabular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shame, to induce shyness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. envergonhar, encalistrar 2. atrapalhar; atalhar 3. amuar 4. dar azar
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 encabular
- encabulo first-person present singular
- encabulei first-person preterite singular
- encabulado participle past
- encabulares infinitive second-person singular
- encabularmos first-person infinitive plural
- encabulardes infinitive plural second-person
- encabularem infinitive plural third-person
- encabulando gerund
- encabulados masculine participle past
- encabulada feminine participle past
- encabuladas feminine participle past
- encabulas indicative present second-person
- encabula indicative present singular
- encabulamos first-person indicative plural
- encabulais indicative plural present
- encabulam indicative plural present
- encabulava first-person imperfect indicative
- encabulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encabular?
- Brazil /ẽ.ka.buˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ka.buˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ka.buˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encabular in Portuguese?
encabular appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).