esculpir
Portuguese, verb/is.kuwˈpi(ʁ)/
esculpir is spelled E-S-C-U-L-P-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esculpir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to carve (shape a piece of material into an object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cinzelar ou lavrar figuras ou ornamentos em materiais duros”.
What does esculpir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carve (shape a piece of material into an object)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cinzelar ou lavrar figuras ou ornamentos em materiais duros 2. lavrar 3. gravar
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 esculpir
- esculpo first-person present singular
- esculpi first-person preterite singular
- esculpido participle past
- esculpires infinitive second-person singular
- esculpirmos first-person infinitive plural
- esculpirdes infinitive plural second-person
- esculpirem infinitive plural third-person
- esculpindo gerund
- esculpidos masculine participle past
- esculpida feminine participle past
- esculpidas feminine participle past
- esculpes indicative present second-person
- esculpe indicative present singular
- esculpimos first-person indicative plural
- esculpis indicative plural present
- esculpem indicative plural present
- esculpia first-person imperfect indicative
- esculpias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esculpir?
- Brazil /is.kuwˈpi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.kuʊ̯ˈpi(h)]
- Brazil /es.kuwˈpi(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 esculpir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esculpir in Portuguese?
esculpir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).