entusiasmar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.tu.zi.azˈma(ʁ)/
entusiasmar is spelled E-N-T-U-S-I-A-S-M-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entusiasmar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to excite (to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encorajar”.
What does entusiasmar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excite (to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. encorajar 2. encher de entusiasmo
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 entusiasmar
- entusiasmo first-person present singular
- entusiasmei first-person preterite singular
- entusiasmado participle past
- entusiasmares infinitive second-person singular
- entusiasmarmos first-person infinitive plural
- entusiasmardes infinitive plural second-person
- entusiasmarem infinitive plural third-person
- entusiasmando gerund
- entusiasmados masculine participle past
- entusiasmada feminine participle past
- entusiasmadas feminine participle past
- entusiasmas indicative present second-person
- entusiasma indicative present singular
- entusiasmamos first-person indicative plural
- entusiasmais indicative plural present
- entusiasmam indicative plural present
- entusiasmava first-person imperfect indicative
- entusiasmavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entusiasmar?
- Brazil /ẽ.tu.zi.azˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.tu.zi.azˈma(h)]
- Brazil /ẽ.tu.zjazˈma(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 entusiasmar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entusiasmar in Portuguese?
entusiasmar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).