engrossar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡɾoˈsa(ʁ)/
engrossar is spelled E-N-G-R-O-S-S-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engrossar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to thicken (make or become thicker, more viscous)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar grosso ou espesso”.
What does engrossar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thicken (make or become thicker, more viscous)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar grosso ou espesso 2. tornar mais numeroso ou volumoso 3. adular; bajular 4. tornar-se grosso
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 engrossar
- engrosso first-person present singular
- engrossei first-person preterite singular
- engrossado participle past
- engrossares infinitive second-person singular
- engrossarmos first-person infinitive plural
- engrossardes infinitive plural second-person
- engrossarem infinitive plural third-person
- engrossando gerund
- engrossados masculine participle past
- engrossada feminine participle past
- engrossadas feminine participle past
- engrossas indicative present second-person
- engrossa indicative present singular
- engrossamos first-person indicative plural
- engrossais indicative plural present
- engrossam indicative plural present
- engrossava first-person imperfect indicative
- engrossavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engrossar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡɾoˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡɾoˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡɾoˈsa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engrossar in Portuguese?
engrossar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).