imprecar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/
imprecar is spelled I-M-P-R-E-C-A-R (8 letters). Imprecar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to imprecate; to curse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Requerer ou pedir com intensidade”.
What does imprecar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imprecate; to curse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Requerer ou pedir com intensidade: 2. Implorar ou rogar; 3. Ato de rogar maldições ou desgraças; 4. Praguejar;
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 imprecar
- impreco first-person present singular
- imprequei first-person preterite singular
- imprecado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- imprecares infinitive second-person singular
- imprecarmos first-person infinitive plural
- imprecardes infinitive plural second-person
- imprecarem infinitive plural third-person
- imprecando gerund
- imprecados masculine participle past
- imprecada feminine participle past
- imprecadas feminine participle past
- imprecas indicative present second-person
- impreca indicative present singular
- imprecamos first-person indicative plural
- imprecais indicative plural present
- imprecam indicative plural present
- imprecava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprecar?
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.pɾeˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.