esbanjar

verb

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The verdict

“esbanjar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,928 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,928
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gastar excessivamente

Corpus desk

Index PT-esbanjar · esbanjar · Portuguese

esbanjar · rank #60,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,928
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esmagadoramen…

Nearest frequency peer: esmagadoramente (+4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “esbanjar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “esbanjar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for esbanjar
PropertyValue
Headwordesbanjar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,928
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “esbanjar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).esbanjarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “esmagadoramente” (#60,932), “espinhoso” (#60,933), “endurecido” (#60,922). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “esbanjar” fica em #60,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

esbanjar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,928 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for esbanjar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is esbanjar, spelled E-S-B-A-N-J-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    gastar excessivamente
  2. 2
    ter em grande quantidade

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how esbanjar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esbanjava saúde.

Synonyms

desbaratardesperdiçardissiparmalgastarmalbaratar

Antonyms

economizarguardarpoupar

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esbanjar"?
"esbanjar" is spelled E-S-B-A-N-J-A-R.
What does "esbanjar" mean?
As a verb, "esbanjar" means: gastar excessivamente
What language does "esbanjar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esbanjar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

empilhar#60,916distopia#60,894fortuito#60,971desaforo#60,879

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list