esmerar
Portuguese, verb/iz.meˈɾa(ʁ)/
esmerar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hone (to refine or master a skill)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dedicar-se para fazer (algo) da melhor forma; mostrar esmero em”.
What does esmerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hone (to refine or master a skill)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dedicar-se para fazer (algo) da melhor forma; mostrar esmero em 2. tornar melhor (a qualidade) de; aperfeiçoar, aprimorar, refinar
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 esmerar
- esmero first-person present singular
- esmerei first-person preterite singular
- esmerado participle past
- esmerares infinitive second-person singular
- esmerarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esmerardes infinitive plural second-person
- esmerarem infinitive plural third-person
- esmerando gerund
- esmerados masculine participle past
- esmerada feminine participle past
- esmeradas feminine participle past
- esmeras indicative present second-person
- esmera indicative present singular
- esmeramos first-person indicative plural
- esmerais indicative plural present
- esmeram indicative plural present
- esmerava first-person imperfect indicative
- esmeravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esmerar?
- Brazil /iz.meˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.meˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /ez.meˈɾa(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 esmerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esmerar in Portuguese?
esmerar appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).