gangrenar
Portuguese, verb/ɡɐ̃.ɡɾeˈna(ʁ)/
gangrenar is spelled G-A-N-G-R-E-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gangrenar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cause gangrene in, to necrotize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gangrenar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause gangrene in, to necrotize
- 2
to become gangrenous, to necrose
- 3
to corrupt, to deprave, to pervert
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of gangrenar
- gangreno first-person present singular
- gangrenei first-person preterite singular
- gangrenado participle past
- gangrenares infinitive second-person singular
- gangrenarmos first-person infinitive plural
- gangrenardes infinitive plural second-person
- gangrenarem infinitive plural third-person
- gangrenando gerund
- gangrenados masculine participle past
- gangrenada feminine participle past
- gangrenadas feminine participle past
- gangrenas indicative present second-person
- gangrena indicative present singular
- gangrenamos first-person indicative plural
- gangrenais indicative plural present
- gangrenam indicative plural present
- gangrenava first-person imperfect indicative
- gangrenavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gangrenar?
- Brazil /ɡɐ̃.ɡɾeˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡɐ̃.ɡɾeˈna(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gangrenar in Portuguese?
gangrenar appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).