estremecer
Portuguese, verb/is.tɾe.meˈse(ʁ)/
estremecer is spelled E-S-T-R-E-M-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estremecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cause to shake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer tremer”.
What does estremecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause to shake
O terramoto estremeceu o prédio.
- 2
to shake; to tremble
O prédio estremeceu devido ao terramoto.
- 3
to shiver
Estremeciamos no frio.
- 4
to terrify; to send shivers down someone's spine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer tremer 2. abalar 3. sacudir
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 estremecer
- estremeço first-person present singular
- estremeci first-person preterite singular
- estremecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- estremeceres infinitive second-person singular
- estremecermos first-person infinitive plural
- estremecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- estremecerem infinitive plural third-person
- estremecendo gerund
- estremecidos masculine participle past
- estremecida feminine participle past
- estremecidas feminine participle past
- estremeces indicative present second-person
- estremece indicative present singular
- estremecemos first-person indicative plural
- estremeceis indicative plural present
- estremecem indicative plural present
- estremecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estremecer?
- Brazil /is.tɾe.meˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.tɾe.meˈse(h)]
- Brazil /es.tɾe.meˈse(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 estremecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estremecer in Portuguese?
estremecer appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).