folhar
Portuguese, verb/foˈʎa(ʁ)/
folhar is spelled F-O-L-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cause to produce leaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nascer folha”.
What does folhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause to produce leaves
- 2
to cover with leaves
- 3
to decorate with foliage
- 4
to form into a leaf
- 5
to cause to flake
- 6
to coat with thin sheets, to veneer
- 7
to be covered in leaves
- 8
to bloom with leaves
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nascer folha 2. dar a forma de folha a 3. ornar com folhagem
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 folhar
- folho first-person present singular
- folhei first-person preterite singular
- folhado participle past
- folhares infinitive second-person singular
- folharmos first-person infinitive plural
- folhardes infinitive plural second-person
- folharem infinitive plural third-person
- folhando gerund
- folhados masculine participle past
- folhada feminine participle past
- folhadas feminine participle past
- folhas indicative present second-person
- folha indicative present singular
- folhamos first-person indicative plural
- folhais indicative plural present
- folham indicative plural present
- folhava first-person imperfect indicative
- folhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce folhar?
- Brazil /foˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [foˈʎa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is folhar in Portuguese?
folhar appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).