encorpar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.koʁˈpa(ʁ)/
encorpar is spelled E-N-C-O-R-P-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 157,828th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encorpar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to thicken (to make denser)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encorpar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thicken (to make denser)
Encorparam o ensopado com batatas.
- 2
to fill out (to have one’s physique expand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encorpar
- encorpo first-person present singular
- encorpei first-person preterite singular
- encorpado participle past
- encorpares infinitive second-person singular
- encorparmos first-person infinitive plural
- encorpardes infinitive plural second-person
- encorparem infinitive plural third-person
- encorpando gerund
- encorpados masculine participle past
- encorpada feminine participle past
- encorpadas feminine participle past
- encorpas indicative present second-person
- encorpa indicative present singular
- encorpamos first-person indicative plural
- encorpais indicative plural present
- encorpam indicative plural present
- encorpava first-person imperfect indicative
- encorpavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encorpar?
- Brazil /ẽ.koʁˈpa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.kohˈpa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.koʁˈpa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encorpar in Portuguese?
encorpar appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).