estarrecer
Portuguese, verb/is.ta.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/
estarrecer is spelled E-S-T-A-R-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estarrecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to terrify, to frighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “amedrontar, aterrorizar”.
What does estarrecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terrify, to frighten
- 2
to be terrified
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. amedrontar, aterrorizar 2. estremecer-se, tremer de medo; horrorizar-se
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 estarrecer
- estarreço first-person present singular
- estarreci first-person preterite singular
- estarrecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- estarreceres infinitive second-person singular
- estarrecermos first-person infinitive plural
- estarrecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- estarrecerem infinitive plural third-person
- estarrecendo gerund
- estarrecidos masculine participle past
- estarrecida feminine participle past
- estarrecidas feminine participle past
- estarreces indicative present second-person
- estarrece indicative present singular
- estarrecemos first-person indicative plural
- estarreceis indicative plural present
- estarrecem indicative plural present
- estarrecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estarrecer?
- Brazil /is.ta.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.ta.heˈse(h)]
- Brazil /es.ta.ʁeˈse(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estarrecer in Portuguese?
estarrecer appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).