esmaecer
Portuguese, verb/iz.ma.eˈse(ʁ)/
esmaecer is spelled E-S-M-A-E-C-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esmaecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perder a cor ou o vigor”.
What does esmaecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fade
- 2
to wither
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perder a cor ou o vigor 2. desmaiar 3. desvanecer 4. enfraquecer
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 esmaecer
- esmaeço first-person present singular
- esmaeci first-person preterite singular
- esmaecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- esmaeceres infinitive second-person singular
- esmaecermos first-person infinitive plural
- esmaecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- esmaecerem infinitive plural third-person
- esmaecendo gerund
- esmaecidos masculine participle past
- esmaecida feminine participle past
- esmaecidas feminine participle past
- esmaeces indicative present second-person
- esmaece indicative present singular
- esmaecemos first-person indicative plural
- esmaeceis indicative plural present
- esmaecem indicative plural present
- esmaecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esmaecer?
- Brazil /iz.ma.eˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.ma.eˈse(h)]
- Brazil /ez.ma.eˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esmaecer in Portuguese?
esmaecer appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).