esbofetear
Portuguese, verb/iz.bo.fe.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
esbofetear is spelled E-S-B-O-F-E-T-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esbofetear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to slap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar bofetada, dar uma pancada no rosto com a palma da mão aberta”.
What does esbofetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slap
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar bofetada, dar uma pancada no rosto com a palma da mão aberta
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 esbofetear
- esbofeteio first-person present singular
- esbofeteei first-person preterite singular
- esbofeteado participle past
- esbofeteares infinitive second-person singular
- esbofetearmos first-person infinitive plural
- esbofeteardes infinitive plural second-person
- esbofetearem infinitive plural third-person
- esbofeteando gerund
- esbofeteados masculine participle past
- esbofeteada feminine participle past
- esbofeteadas feminine participle past
- esbofeteias indicative present second-person
- esbofeteia indicative present singular
- esbofeteamos first-person indicative plural
- esbofeteais indicative plural present
- esbofeteiam indicative plural present
- esbofeteava first-person imperfect indicative
- esbofeteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esbofetear?
- Brazil /iz.bo.fe.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.bo.fe.t͡ʃiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /iz.bo.feˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esbofetear in Portuguese?
esbofetear appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).