engrolar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡɾoˈla(ʁ)/
engrolar is spelled E-N-G-R-O-L-A-R (8 letters). Engrolar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to half-cook or half-bake food, leaving it partially raw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dizer apressadamente”.
What does engrolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to half-cook or half-bake food, leaving it partially raw
- 2
to speak or pronounce words poorly
- 3
to fool
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dizer apressadamente 2. cozer ou assar pela metade, deixando meio cru 3. pronunciar mal as palavras; recitar mal um verso 4. não completar, deixar imperfeito
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 engrolar
- engrolo first-person present singular
- engrolei first-person preterite singular
- engrolado participle past
- engrolares infinitive second-person singular
- engrolarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engrolardes infinitive plural second-person
- engrolarem infinitive plural third-person
- engrolando gerund
- engrolados masculine participle past
- engrolada feminine participle past
- engroladas feminine participle past
- engrolas indicative present second-person
- engrola indicative present singular
- engrolamos first-person indicative plural
- engrolais indicative plural present
- engrolam indicative plural present
- engrolava first-person imperfect indicative
- engrolavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engrolar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡɾoˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡɾoˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡɾoˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.