esfarelar
Portuguese, verb/is.fa.ɾeˈla(ʁ)/
esfarelar is spelled E-S-F-A-R-E-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esfarelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to crumble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reduzir a farelos”.
What does esfarelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crumble
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. reduzir a farelos 2. reduzir a pó 3. esboroar-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 esfarelar
- esfarelo first-person present singular
- esfarelei first-person preterite singular
- esfarelado participle past
- esfarelares infinitive second-person singular
- esfarelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esfarelardes infinitive plural second-person
- esfarelarem infinitive plural third-person
- esfarelando gerund
- esfarelados masculine participle past
- esfarelada feminine participle past
- esfareladas feminine participle past
- esfarelas indicative present second-person
- esfarela indicative present singular
- esfarelamos first-person indicative plural
- esfarelais indicative plural present
- esfarelam indicative plural present
- esfarelava first-person imperfect indicative
- esfarelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esfarelar?
- Brazil /is.fa.ɾeˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.fa.ɾeˈla(h)]
- Brazil /es.fa.ɾeˈla(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 esfarelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esfarelar in Portuguese?
esfarelar appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).