esclarecer
Portuguese, verb/is.kla.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
esclarecer is spelled E-S-C-L-A-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esclarecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to clarify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar claro”.
What does esclarecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clarify
- 2
to explain
- 3
to enlighten
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar claro 2. tornar inteligível 3. elucidar 4. ilustrar
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 esclarecer
- esclareço first-person present singular
- esclareci first-person preterite singular
- esclarecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- esclareceres infinitive second-person singular
- esclarecermos first-person infinitive plural
- esclarecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- esclarecerem infinitive plural third-person
- esclarecendo gerund
- esclarecidos masculine participle past
- esclarecida feminine participle past
- esclarecidas feminine participle past
- esclareces indicative present second-person
- esclarece indicative present singular
- esclarecemos first-person indicative plural
- esclareceis indicative plural present
- esclarecem indicative plural present
- esclarecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esclarecer?
- Brazil /is.kla.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kla.ɾeˈse(h)]
- Brazil /es.kla.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esclarecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esclarecer in Portuguese?
esclarecer appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).