escangalhar
Portuguese, verb/is.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
escangalhar is spelled E-S-C-A-N-G-A-L-H-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escangalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dislodge, to disjoint, to disarray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quebrar; estragar”.
What does escangalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dislodge, to disjoint, to disarray
- 2
to break, to mess up, to ruin
Ele escangalhou a televisão.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. quebrar; estragar 2. destruir; arruinar 3. desmantelar-se 4. desconjuntar-se
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 escangalhar
- escangalho first-person present singular
- escangalhei first-person preterite singular
- escangalhado participle past
- escangalhares infinitive second-person singular
- escangalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- escangalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- escangalharem infinitive plural third-person
- escangalhando gerund
- escangalhados masculine participle past
- escangalhada feminine participle past
- escangalhadas feminine participle past
- escangalhas indicative present second-person
- escangalha indicative present singular
- escangalhamos first-person indicative plural
- escangalhais indicative plural present
- escangalham indicative plural present
- escangalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- escangalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escangalhar?
- Brazil /is.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /es.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escangalhar in Portuguese?
escangalhar appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).