estimular
Portuguese, verb/is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/
estimular is spelled E-S-T-I-M-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estimular is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stimulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “provocar a actividade”.
What does estimular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stimulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. provocar a actividade 2. excitar 3. incitar
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 estimular
- estimulo first-person present singular
- estimulei first-person preterite singular
- estimulado participle past
- estimulares infinitive second-person singular
- estimularmos first-person infinitive plural
- estimulardes infinitive plural second-person
- estimularem infinitive plural third-person
- estimulando gerund
- estimulados masculine participle past
- estimulada feminine participle past
- estimuladas feminine participle past
- estimulas indicative present second-person
- estimula indicative present singular
- estimulamos first-person indicative plural
- estimulais indicative plural present
- estimulam indicative plural present
- estimulava first-person imperfect indicative
- estimulavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estimular?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(h)]
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(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 estimular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estimular in Portuguese?
estimular appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).