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enobrecer

Portuguese, verb/e.no.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/

enobrecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to ennoble, make noble, reach nobility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar nobre”.

What does enobrecer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to ennoble, make noble, reach nobility

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. tornar nobre 2. distinguir 3. nobilitar

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 enobrecer

  • enobreço first-person present singular
  • enobreci first-person preterite singular
  • enobrecido participle past
  • c-ç alternation
  • enobreceres infinitive second-person singular
  • enobrecermos first-person infinitive plural
  • enobrecerdes infinitive plural second-person
  • enobrecerem infinitive plural third-person
  • enobrecendo gerund
  • enobrecidos masculine participle past
  • enobrecida feminine participle past
  • enobrecidas feminine participle past
  • enobreces indicative present second-person
  • enobrece indicative present singular
  • enobrecemos first-person indicative plural
  • enobreceis indicative plural present
  • enobrecem indicative plural present
  • enobrecia first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce enobrecer?

  • Brazil /e.no.bɾeˈse(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [e.no.bɾeˈse(h)]
  • /e.no.bɾeˈse(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is enobrecer in Portuguese?

enobrecer appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).