esnobar
Portuguese, verb/iz.noˈba(ʁ)/
esnobar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to act like a snob, to look down on others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “demonstrar menosprezo a”.
What does esnobar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto act like a snob, to look down on others
- 2
Brazilto refuse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. demonstrar menosprezo a 2. ter comportamento esnobe
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 esnobar
- esnobo first-person present singular
- esnobei first-person preterite singular
- esnobado participle past
- esnobares infinitive second-person singular
- esnobarmos first-person infinitive plural
- esnobardes infinitive plural second-person
- esnobarem infinitive plural third-person
- esnobando gerund
- esnobados masculine participle past
- esnobada feminine participle past
- esnobadas feminine participle past
- esnobas indicative present second-person
- esnoba indicative present singular
- esnobamos first-person indicative plural
- esnobais indicative plural present
- esnobam indicative plural present
- esnobava first-person imperfect indicative
- esnobavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esnobar?
- Brazil /iz.noˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [iz.noˈba(h)]
- Brazil /ez.noˈba(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esnobar in Portuguese?
esnobar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).