envidar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.viˈda(ʁ)/
envidar is spelled E-N-V-I-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envidar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to employ, to endeavor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empregar com afinco ou empenho; dedicar-se”.
What does envidar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to employ, to endeavor
- 2
to offer as a gift, without much effort
- 3
to bet, to make someone accept a challenge
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. empregar com afinco ou empenho; dedicar-se 2. desafiar 3. oferecer (algo) somente como demonstração de gentileza, sem intenção real de que seja aceito
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 envidar
- envido first-person present singular
- envidei first-person preterite singular
- envidado participle past
- envidares infinitive second-person singular
- envidarmos first-person infinitive plural
- envidardes infinitive plural second-person
- envidarem infinitive plural third-person
- envidando gerund
- envidados masculine participle past
- envidada feminine participle past
- envidadas feminine participle past
- envidas indicative present second-person
- envida indicative present singular
- envidamos first-person indicative plural
- envidais indicative plural present
- envidam indicative plural present
- envidava first-person imperfect indicative
- envidavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce envidar?
- Brazil /ẽ.viˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.viˈda(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.viˈda(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is envidar in Portuguese?
envidar appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).