escudar
Portuguese, verb/is.kuˈda(ʁ)/
escudar is spelled E-S-C-U-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escudar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shield (to defend with shield)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “defender com escudo”.
What does escudar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shield (to defend with shield)
- 2
to protect, to support
- 3
to defend oneself
- 4
to seek support
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. defender com escudo 2. amparar; defender; proteger 3. cobrir-se (com escudo ou coisa que proteja como o escudo) 4. estribar-se; apoiar-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 escudar
- escudo first-person present singular
- escudei first-person preterite singular
- escudado participle past
- escudares infinitive second-person singular
- escudarmos first-person infinitive plural
- escudardes infinitive plural second-person
- escudarem infinitive plural third-person
- escudando gerund
- escudados masculine participle past
- escudada feminine participle past
- escudadas feminine participle past
- escudas indicative present second-person
- escuda indicative present singular
- escudamos first-person indicative plural
- escudais indicative plural present
- escudam indicative plural present
- escudava first-person imperfect indicative
- escudavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escudar?
- Brazil /is.kuˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kuˈda(h)]
- Brazil /es.kuˈda(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escudar in Portuguese?
escudar appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).