esmiuçar
Portuguese, verb/iz.mi.uˈsa(ʁ)/
esmiuçar is spelled E-S-M-I-U-Ç-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esmiuçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to break down, to detail (to explain carefully and in detail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reduzir a pó”.
What does esmiuçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break down, to detail (to explain carefully and in detail)
- 2
to chop finely or grind
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. reduzir a pó 2. detalhar ao máximo
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 esmiuçar
- esmiúço first-person present singular
- esmiucei first-person preterite singular
- esmiuçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- esmiuçares infinitive second-person singular
- esmiuçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esmiuçardes infinitive plural second-person
- esmiuçarem infinitive plural third-person
- esmiuçando gerund
- esmiuçados masculine participle past
- esmiuçada feminine participle past
- esmiuçadas feminine participle past
- esmiúças indicative present second-person
- esmiúça indicative present singular
- esmiuçamos first-person indicative plural
- esmiuçais indicative plural present
- esmiúçam indicative plural present
- esmiuçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esmiuçar?
- Brazil /iz.mi.uˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.mi.uˈsa(h)]
- Brazil /ez.mi.uˈsa(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 esmiuçar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esmiuçar in Portuguese?
esmiuçar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).