esmolar
Portuguese, verb/iz.moˈla(ʁ)/
esmolar is spelled E-S-M-O-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esmolar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give as alms, to donate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedir esmola”.
What does esmolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give as alms, to donate
- 2
to ask as alms, to beg
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pedir esmola 2. dar esmola
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 esmolar
- esmolo first-person present singular
- esmolei first-person preterite singular
- esmolado participle past
- esmolares infinitive second-person singular
- esmolarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esmolardes infinitive plural second-person
- esmolarem infinitive plural third-person
- esmolando gerund
- esmolados masculine participle past
- esmolada feminine participle past
- esmoladas feminine participle past
- esmolas indicative present second-person
- esmola indicative present singular
- esmolamos first-person indicative plural
- esmolais indicative plural present
- esmolam indicative plural present
- esmolava first-person imperfect indicative
- esmolavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esmolar?
- Brazil /iz.moˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.moˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ez.moˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esmolar in Portuguese?
esmolar appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).