esgalhar
Portuguese, verb/iz.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
esgalhar is spelled E-S-G-A-L-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese, the 262,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esgalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to debranch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que desgalhar”.
What does esgalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to debranch
- 2
to spread out, branch out
- 3
to husk corn
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. o mesmo que desgalhar 2. descamisar (o milho) 3. diz-se do boi quando fere com os cornos 4. chover muito
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 esgalhar
- esgalho first-person present singular
- esgalhei first-person preterite singular
- esgalhado participle past
- esgalhares infinitive second-person singular
- esgalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- esgalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- esgalharem infinitive plural third-person
- esgalhando gerund
- esgalhados masculine participle past
- esgalhada feminine participle past
- esgalhadas feminine participle past
- esgalhas indicative present second-person
- esgalha indicative present singular
- esgalhamos first-person indicative plural
- esgalhais indicative plural present
- esgalham indicative plural present
- esgalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- esgalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esgalhar?
- Brazil /iz.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.ɡaˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /ez.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esgalhar in Portuguese?
esgalhar appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).