esgravatar
Portuguese, verb/iz.ɡɾa.vaˈta(ʁ)/
esgravatar is spelled E-S-G-R-A-V-A-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esgravatar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pick off pieces of dirt or filth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esgaravatar”.
What does esgravatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pick off pieces of dirt or filth
- 2
to rummage (to search something thoroughly and with disregard)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. esgaravatar 2. remexer, revolver (a terra) com as unhas 3. limpar com palito (os dentes ou ouvidos), escovar 4. remexer com tenaz (as brasas)
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 esgravatar
- esgravato first-person present singular
- esgravatei first-person preterite singular
- esgravatado participle past
- esgravatares infinitive second-person singular
- esgravatarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esgravatardes infinitive plural second-person
- esgravatarem infinitive plural third-person
- esgravatando gerund
- esgravatados masculine participle past
- esgravatada feminine participle past
- esgravatadas feminine participle past
- esgravatas indicative present second-person
- esgravata indicative present singular
- esgravatamos first-person indicative plural
- esgravatais indicative plural present
- esgravatam indicative plural present
- esgravatava first-person imperfect indicative
- esgravatavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esgravatar?
- Brazil /iz.ɡɾa.vaˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.ɡɾa.vaˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ez.ɡɾa.vaˈta(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 esgravatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esgravatar in Portuguese?
esgravatar appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).