entupir
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.tuˈpi(ʁ)/
entupir is spelled E-N-T-U-P-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entupir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stuff (to fill (something) up in a compressed manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ficar ou fazer ficar com a passagem (de água, líquidos ou ar) obstruída”.
What does entupir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stuff (to fill (something) up in a compressed manner)
- 2
to clog (to block or slow passage through)
- 3
to clog (to become blocked)
- 4
to cram (to eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ficar ou fazer ficar com a passagem (de água, líquidos ou ar) obstruída 2. encher(-se) demais ou além do limite
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 entupir
- entupo first-person present singular
- entope present singular third-person
- entupi first-person preterite singular
- entupido participle past
- u-o alternation
- entupires infinitive second-person singular
- entupirmos first-person infinitive plural
- entupirdes infinitive plural second-person
- entupirem infinitive plural third-person
- entupindo gerund
- entupidos masculine participle past
- entupida feminine participle past
- entupidas feminine participle past
- entopes indicative present second-person
- entupimos first-person indicative plural
- entupis indicative plural present
- entopem indicative plural present
- entupia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entupir?
- Brazil /ẽ.tuˈpi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.tuˈpi(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.tuˈpi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entupir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entupir in Portuguese?
entupir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).