esconjurar
Portuguese, verb/is.kõ.ʒuˈɾa(ʁ)/
esconjurar is spelled E-S-C-O-N-J-U-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese, the 218,398th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esconjurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to exorcise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer juramento para determinado fim; conjurar, desconjurar”.
What does esconjurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exorcise
- 2
to cast a spell
- 3
to curse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer juramento para determinado fim; conjurar, desconjurar 2. afastar (geralmente o Demônio, espíritos maus etc.) por meio de exorcismo; conjurar, desconjurar, exorcizar 3. (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) fazer desaparecer (males, perigos, azares etc.) por meio de prece, reza etc.; conjurar, desconjurar 4. lançar maldição sobre; amaldiçoar, apostrofar, desconjurar, renegar
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 esconjurar
- esconjuro first-person present singular
- esconjurei first-person preterite singular
- esconjurado participle past
- esconjurares infinitive second-person singular
- esconjurarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esconjurardes infinitive plural second-person
- esconjurarem infinitive plural third-person
- esconjurando gerund
- esconjurados masculine participle past
- esconjurada feminine participle past
- esconjuradas feminine participle past
- esconjuras indicative present second-person
- esconjura indicative present singular
- esconjuramos first-person indicative plural
- esconjurais indicative plural present
- esconjuram indicative plural present
- esconjurava first-person imperfect indicative
- esconjuravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esconjurar?
- Brazil /is.kõ.ʒuˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kõ.ʒuˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /es.kõ.ʒuˈɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esconjurar in Portuguese?
esconjurar appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).