esculhambar
Portuguese, verb/is.ku.ʎɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/
esculhambar is spelled E-S-C-U-L-H-A-M-B-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esculhambar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scold (reprimand in a rude or offensive way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer repreensão com rudeza ou ofensivamente; humilhar com troças”.
What does esculhambar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilcolloquialto scold (reprimand in a rude or offensive way)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialto mess up, disorder
- 3
Brazilcolloquialto squander (cause havoc or damage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer repreensão com rudeza ou ofensivamente; humilhar com troças 2. deixar as coisas em estado de confusão, de balbúrdia 3. provocar estrago ou dano a
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 esculhambar
- esculhambo first-person present singular
- esculhambei first-person preterite singular
- esculhambado participle past
- esculhambares infinitive second-person singular
- esculhambarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esculhambardes infinitive plural second-person
- esculhambarem infinitive plural third-person
- esculhambando gerund
- esculhambados masculine participle past
- esculhambada feminine participle past
- esculhambadas feminine participle past
- esculhambas indicative present second-person
- esculhamba indicative present singular
- esculhambamos first-person indicative plural
- esculhambais indicative plural present
- esculhambam indicative plural present
- esculhambava first-person imperfect indicative
- esculhambavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esculhambar?
- Brazil /is.ku.ʎɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.ku.ʎɐ̃ˈba(h)]
- Brazil /es.ku.ʎɐ̃ˈba(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esculhambar in Portuguese?
esculhambar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).