ensandecer
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/
ensandecer is spelled E-N-S-A-N-D-E-C-E-R (10 letters). Ensandecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to go mad, to go crazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer com que (alguém ou si próprio) fique sandeu”.
What does ensandecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go mad, to go crazy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer com que (alguém ou si próprio) fique sandeu 2. ficar sandeu 3. tornar-se idiota 4. apatetar-se
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 ensandecer
- ensandeço first-person present singular
- ensandeci first-person preterite singular
- ensandecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- ensandeceres infinitive second-person singular
- ensandecermos first-person infinitive plural
- ensandecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- ensandecerem infinitive plural third-person
- ensandecendo gerund
- ensandecidos masculine participle past
- ensandecida feminine participle past
- ensandecidas feminine participle past
- ensandeces indicative present second-person
- ensandece indicative present singular
- ensandecemos first-person indicative plural
- ensandeceis indicative plural present
- ensandecem indicative plural present
- ensandecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensandecer?
- Brazil /ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.sɐ̃.deˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.sɐ̃.deˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.