estraçalhar
Portuguese, verb/is.tɾa.saˈʎa(ʁ)/
estraçalhar is spelled E-S-T-R-A-Ç-A-L-H-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estraçalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to destroy; to shred to pieces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “picar, reduzir a pedaços (geralmente envolve fúria)”.
What does estraçalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to destroy; to shred to pieces
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. picar, reduzir a pedaços (geralmente envolve fúria) 2. destruir, dizimar, bater, espancar 3. vencer com facilidade 4. estar mal, abatido, pesaroso
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 estraçalhar
- estraçalho first-person present singular
- estraçalhei first-person preterite singular
- estraçalhado participle past
- estraçalhares infinitive second-person singular
- estraçalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- estraçalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- estraçalharem infinitive plural third-person
- estraçalhando gerund
- estraçalhados masculine participle past
- estraçalhada feminine participle past
- estraçalhadas feminine participle past
- estraçalhas indicative present second-person
- estraçalha indicative present singular
- estraçalhamos first-person indicative plural
- estraçalhais indicative plural present
- estraçalham indicative plural present
- estraçalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- estraçalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estraçalhar?
- Brazil /is.tɾa.saˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.tɾa.saˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /es.tɾa.saˈʎa(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 estraçalhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estraçalhar in Portuguese?
estraçalhar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).