especar
Portuguese, verb/is.peˈka(ʁ)/
especar is spelled E-S-P-E-C-A-R (7 letters). Especar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sustain with handspikes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “amparar com espeques ou escoras”.
What does especar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sustain with handspikes
- 2
to protect, to safeguard
- 3
to become still and firm like a handspike
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. amparar com espeques ou escoras 2. parar, ficar firme como um espeque
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 especar
- especo first-person present singular
- espequei first-person preterite singular
- especado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- especares infinitive second-person singular
- especarmos first-person infinitive plural
- especardes infinitive plural second-person
- especarem infinitive plural third-person
- especando gerund
- especados masculine participle past
- especada feminine participle past
- especadas feminine participle past
- especas indicative present second-person
- especa indicative present singular
- especamos first-person indicative plural
- especais indicative plural present
- especam indicative plural present
- especava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce especar?
- Brazil /is.peˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.peˈka(h)]
- Brazil /es.peˈka(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.