enrugar
The verdict
“enrugar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - causar ou criar rugas
Corpus desk
Index PT-enrugar · enrugar · Portuguese
enrugar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enrugar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “enrugar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
enrugar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enrugar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is enrugar, spelled E-N-R-U-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1causar ou criar rugas
- 2encher-se de rugas
- 3vincar-se
- 4arrugar-se
- 5encrespar-se
- 6franzir-se
- 7envelhecer
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enrugar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A velhice nos enruga a face.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.