esgueirar
Portuguese, verb/iz.ɡe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
esgueirar is spelled E-S-G-U-E-I-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esgueirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sneak; to creep (to move stealthily)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desviar”.
What does esgueirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sneak; to creep (to move stealthily)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desviar
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 esgueirar
- esgueiro first-person present singular
- esgueirei first-person preterite singular
- esgueirado participle past
- esgueirares infinitive second-person singular
- esgueirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esgueirardes infinitive plural second-person
- esgueirarem infinitive plural third-person
- esgueirando gerund
- esgueirados masculine participle past
- esgueirada feminine participle past
- esgueiradas feminine participle past
- esgueiras indicative present second-person
- esgueira indicative present singular
- esgueiramos first-person indicative plural
- esgueirais indicative plural present
- esgueiram indicative plural present
- esgueirava first-person imperfect indicative
- esgueiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esgueirar?
- Brazil /iz.ɡe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.ɡe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /ez.ɡe(j)ˈɾa(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 esgueirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esgueirar in Portuguese?
esgueirar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).