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escangar

Portuguese, verb/is.kɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/

escangar is spelled E-S-C-A-N-G-A-R (8 letters). Escangar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sift without separating the bran” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does escangar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to sift without separating the bran

  2. 2

    to pick grapes off (remove the grape berries from the bunch)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of escangar

  • escango first-person present singular
  • escanguei first-person preterite singular
  • escangado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • escangares infinitive second-person singular
  • escangarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • escangardes infinitive plural second-person
  • escangarem infinitive plural third-person
  • escangando gerund
  • escangados masculine participle past
  • escangada feminine participle past
  • escangadas feminine participle past
  • escangas indicative present second-person
  • escanga indicative present singular
  • escangamos first-person indicative plural
  • escangais indicative plural present
  • escangam indicative plural present
  • escangava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce escangar?

  • Brazil /is.kɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [is.kɐ̃ˈɡa(h)]
  • Brazil /es.kɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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