ensejar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/
ensejar is spelled E-N-S-E-J-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensejar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give rise to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar ensejo; dar oportunidade”.
What does ensejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give rise to
- 2
to await one's opportunity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar ensejo; dar oportunidade 2. almejar 3. apresentar-se, aparecer 4. experimentar, tentar
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 ensejar
- ensejo first-person present singular
- ensejei first-person preterite singular
- ensejado participle past
- ensejares infinitive second-person singular
- ensejarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ensejardes infinitive plural second-person
- ensejarem infinitive plural third-person
- ensejando gerund
- ensejados masculine participle past
- ensejada feminine participle past
- ensejadas feminine participle past
- ensejas indicative present second-person
- enseja indicative present singular
- ensejamos first-person indicative plural
- ensejais indicative plural present
- ensejam indicative plural present
- ensejava first-person imperfect indicative
- ensejavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensejar?
- Brazil /ẽ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.seˈʒa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ensejar in Portuguese?
ensejar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).