engraxate
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.ɡɾaˈʃa.t͡ʃi/
engraxate is spelled E-N-G-R-A-X-A-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engraxate is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shoeshiner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que engraxa sapatos”.
What does engraxate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineshoeshiner
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que engraxa sapatos
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 engraxate
- engraxates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engraxate?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡɾaˈʃa.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡɾaˈʃa.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ẽ.ɡɾaˈʃa.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engraxate in Portuguese?
engraxate appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).