escaldar

//iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#88,184

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

escaldar is aPortugueseverb. It means: queimar com líquido ou vapor quente Pronounced /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/.

Key facts for escaldar
PropertyValue
Headwordescaldar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,184
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escaldar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for escaldar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #88,184 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for escaldar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is escaldar, spelled E-S-C-A-L-D-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    queimar com líquido ou vapor quente
  2. 2
    queimar por contato com metal ou superfície quente
  3. 3
    submergir um instante em água fervendo ou muito quente; deitar água a ferver ou muito quente em
  4. 4
    ressecar
  5. 5
    queimar-se, sofrer queimadura
  6. 6
    esterilizar
  7. 7
    refogar, guisar
  8. 8
    causar febre ou produzir calor
  9. 9
    estar muito quente, queimar
  10. 10
    cobrar um preço abusivo, estar muito caro
  11. 11
    perturbar, inquietar
  12. 12
    exaltar
  13. 13
    castigar, servir de castigo
  14. 14
    escarmentar, apreender a lição da vida
  15. 15
    dar lição de vida a

Frequency rank: #88,184 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escaldar"?
"escaldar" is spelled E-S-C-A-L-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/.
What does "escaldar" mean?
As a verb, "escaldar" means: queimar com líquido ou vapor quente
How do you pronounce "escaldar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escaldar" is /iʃ.kaɫ.ˈdaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escaldar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.