enxovalhar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ʃo.vaˈʎa(ʁ)/
enxovalhar is spelled E-N-X-O-V-A-L-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enxovalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dirty, soil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sujar, manchar”.
What does enxovalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dirty, soil
- 2
to debase, demean
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sujar, manchar 2. emporcalhar, enodoar 3. dirigir injúrias, insultos a; injuriar, insultar, afrontar
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 enxovalhar
- enxovalho first-person present singular
- enxovalhei first-person preterite singular
- enxovalhado participle past
- enxovalhares infinitive second-person singular
- enxovalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- enxovalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- enxovalharem infinitive plural third-person
- enxovalhando gerund
- enxovalhados masculine participle past
- enxovalhada feminine participle past
- enxovalhadas feminine participle past
- enxovalhas indicative present second-person
- enxovalha indicative present singular
- enxovalhamos first-person indicative plural
- enxovalhais indicative plural present
- enxovalham indicative plural present
- enxovalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- enxovalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enxovalhar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʃo.vaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ʃo.vaˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ʃo.vaˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enxovalhar in Portuguese?
enxovalhar appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).