exalar
Portuguese, verb/e.zaˈla(ʁ)/
exalar is spelled E-X-A-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give off a smell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emitir (ar, líquido, perfume etc.)”.
What does exalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give off a smell
Essa flor exala um forte aroma.
- 2
to ooze; to exude (to display an emotion blatantly)
Ela exalava alegria o dia inteiro.
- 3
to let out an audible expression (such as a sigh, complaint, shout or snore)
- 4
to exhale (to breathe out)
- 5
to exhale (to expel from the lungs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emitir (ar, líquido, perfume etc.) 2. proferir 3. deixar transparecer 4. evaporar
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 exalar
- exalo first-person present singular
- exalei first-person preterite singular
- exalado participle past
- exalares infinitive second-person singular
- exalarmos first-person infinitive plural
- exalardes infinitive plural second-person
- exalarem infinitive plural third-person
- exalando gerund
- exalados masculine participle past
- exalada feminine participle past
- exaladas feminine participle past
- exalas indicative present second-person
- exala indicative present singular
- exalamos first-person indicative plural
- exalais indicative plural present
- exalam indicative plural present
- exalava first-person imperfect indicative
- exalavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exalar?
- Brazil /e.zaˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.zaˈla(h)]
- /e.zaˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exalar in Portuguese?
exalar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).