envergonhar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.veʁ.ɡõˈɲa(ʁ)/
envergonhar is spelled E-N-V-E-R-G-O-N-H-A-R (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envergonhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shame, abash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “humilhar”.
What does envergonhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shame, abash
- 2
to shame, to be ashamed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. humilhar 2. confundir 3. ter vergonha
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 envergonhar
- envergonho first-person present singular
- envergonhei first-person preterite singular
- envergonhado participle past
- envergonhares infinitive second-person singular
- envergonharmos first-person infinitive plural
- envergonhardes infinitive plural second-person
- envergonharem infinitive plural third-person
- envergonhando gerund
- envergonhados masculine participle past
- envergonhada feminine participle past
- envergonhadas feminine participle past
- envergonhas indicative present second-person
- envergonha indicative present singular
- envergonhamos first-person indicative plural
- envergonhais indicative plural present
- envergonham indicative plural present
- envergonhava first-person imperfect indicative
- envergonhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envergonhar?
- Brazil /ẽ.veʁ.ɡõˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.veɦ.ɡõˈj̃a(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.veʁ.ɡõˈɲa(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 envergonhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is envergonhar in Portuguese?
envergonhar appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).