grifar
Portuguese, verb/ɡɾiˈfa(ʁ)/
grifar is spelled G-R-I-F-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grifar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to italicize (a letter), to cause to slant to the right” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “marcar (trecho textual) com sublinha, a fim de destacar”.
What does grifar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to italicize (a letter), to cause to slant to the right
- 2
to underline (a word)
- 3
to emphasize (a word when speaking)
- 4
to curl, to crimp (hair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. marcar (trecho textual) com sublinha, a fim de destacar 2. compor (texto) em itálico 3. sublinhar, no original, para indicar que a composição deve estar em grifo 4. pronunciar com ênfase ou entonação especial
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 grifar
- grifo first-person present singular
- grifei first-person preterite singular
- grifado participle past
- grifares infinitive second-person singular
- grifarmos first-person infinitive plural
- grifardes infinitive plural second-person
- grifarem infinitive plural third-person
- grifando gerund
- grifados masculine participle past
- grifada feminine participle past
- grifadas feminine participle past
- grifas indicative present second-person
- grifa indicative present singular
- grifamos first-person indicative plural
- grifais indicative plural present
- grifam indicative plural present
- grifava first-person imperfect indicative
- grifavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grifar?
- Brazil /ɡɾiˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡɾiˈfa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grifar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grifar in Portuguese?
grifar appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).