engraçar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡɾaˈsa(ʁ)/
engraçar is spelled E-N-G-R-A-Ç-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engraçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to become friendly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar gracioso; enfeitar”.
What does engraçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become friendly
- 2
informalto hook up, to shack up
- 3
to grace (to embellish and dignify)
- 4
to put (someone) in the good graces
- 5
to make fun of, to mock
- 6
to sympathize
- 7
to get in the good graces of, to earn or have a good reputation among
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar gracioso; enfeitar
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 engraçar
- engraço first-person present singular
- engracei first-person preterite singular
- engraçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- engraçares infinitive second-person singular
- engraçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engraçardes infinitive plural second-person
- engraçarem infinitive plural third-person
- engraçando gerund
- engraçados masculine participle past
- engraçada feminine participle past
- engraçadas feminine participle past
- engraças indicative present second-person
- engraça indicative present singular
- engraçamos first-person indicative plural
- engraçais indicative plural present
- engraçam indicative plural present
- engraçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engraçar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡɾaˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡɾaˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡɾaˈsa(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 engraçar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engraçar in Portuguese?
engraçar 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).