esbugalhar
Portuguese, verb/iz.bu.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
esbugalhar is spelled E-S-B-U-G-A-L-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esbugalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to remove the oak apples of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desfazer em pequenos fragmentos”.
What does esbugalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove the oak apples of;
- 2
to open [eyes] inordinately
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desfazer em pequenos fragmentos 2. nas quercíneas, recolher os bugalhos 3. abrir os olhos muito
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 esbugalhar
- esbugalho first-person present singular
- esbugalhei first-person preterite singular
- esbugalhado participle past
- esbugalhares infinitive second-person singular
- esbugalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- esbugalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- esbugalharem infinitive plural third-person
- esbugalhando gerund
- esbugalhados masculine participle past
- esbugalhada feminine participle past
- esbugalhadas feminine participle past
- esbugalhas indicative present second-person
- esbugalha indicative present singular
- esbugalhamos first-person indicative plural
- esbugalhais indicative plural present
- esbugalham indicative plural present
- esbugalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- esbugalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esbugalhar?
- Brazil /iz.bu.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.bu.ɡaˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /ez.bu.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esbugalhar in Portuguese?
esbugalhar appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).