esfomear
Portuguese, verb/is.fo.meˈa(ʁ)/
esfomear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to starve (to deprive of food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar fome a”.
What does esfomear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to starve (to deprive of food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar fome a 2. privar de alimentação 3. esfaimar
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 esfomear
- esfomeio first-person present singular
- esfomeei first-person preterite singular
- esfomeado participle past
- esfomeares infinitive second-person singular
- esfomearmos first-person infinitive plural
- esfomeardes infinitive plural second-person
- esfomearem infinitive plural third-person
- esfomeando gerund
- esfomeados masculine participle past
- esfomeada feminine participle past
- esfomeadas feminine participle past
- esfomeias indicative present second-person
- esfomeia indicative present singular
- esfomeamos first-person indicative plural
- esfomeais indicative plural present
- esfomeiam indicative plural present
- esfomeava first-person imperfect indicative
- esfomeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esfomear?
- Brazil /is.fo.meˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.fo.meˈa(h)]
- Brazil /es.fo.meˈa(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 esfomear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.