engolfar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/
engolfar is spelled E-N-G-O-L-F-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engolfar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to engulf; to overwhelm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dirigir(-se) (embarcação) a golfo, baía, enseada etc”.
What does engolfar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to engulf; to overwhelm
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dirigir(-se) (embarcação) a golfo, baía, enseada etc. 2. encaminhar-se (embarcação) ao alto-mar 3. mergulhar(-se) em abismo, sorvedouro etc., real ou figurado 4. enfiar a fundo em
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 engolfar
- engolfo first-person present singular
- engolfei first-person preterite singular
- engolfado participle past
- engolfares infinitive second-person singular
- engolfarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engolfardes infinitive plural second-person
- engolfarem infinitive plural third-person
- engolfando gerund
- engolfados masculine participle past
- engolfada feminine participle past
- engolfadas feminine participle past
- engolfas indicative present second-person
- engolfa indicative present singular
- engolfamos first-person indicative plural
- engolfais indicative plural present
- engolfam indicative plural present
- engolfava first-person imperfect indicative
- engolfavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engolfar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡowˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡoʊ̯ˈfa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡowˈfa(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 engolfar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engolfar in Portuguese?
engolfar appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).