engodar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡoˈda(ʁ)/
engodar is spelled E-N-G-O-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engodar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bait; to lure; to attract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nutrir a esperança de alguém por meio de promessas infundadas”.
What does engodar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bait; to lure; to attract
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nutrir a esperança de alguém por meio de promessas infundadas 2. iludir, enganar, lograr 3. tapear
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 engodar
- engodo first-person present singular
- engodei first-person preterite singular
- engodado participle past
- engodares infinitive second-person singular
- engodarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engodardes infinitive plural second-person
- engodarem infinitive plural third-person
- engodando gerund
- engodados masculine participle past
- engodada feminine participle past
- engodadas feminine participle past
- engodas indicative present second-person
- engoda indicative present singular
- engodamos first-person indicative plural
- engodais indicative plural present
- engodam indicative plural present
- engodava first-person imperfect indicative
- engodavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engodar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡoˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡoˈda(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡoˈda(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 engodar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engodar in Portuguese?
engodar appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).