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incensar

Portuguese, verb/ĩ.sẽˈsa(ʁ)/

incensar is spelled I-N-C-E-N-S-A-R (8 letters). Incensar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to incense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “defumar ou perfumar com incenso”.

What does incensar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to incense

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. defumar ou perfumar com incenso 2. adular, bajular

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 incensar

  • incenso first-person present singular
  • incensei first-person preterite singular
  • incensado participle past
  • incensares infinitive second-person singular
  • incensarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • incensardes infinitive plural second-person
  • incensarem infinitive plural third-person
  • incensando gerund
  • incensados masculine participle past
  • incensada feminine participle past
  • incensadas feminine participle past
  • incensas indicative present second-person
  • incensa indicative present singular
  • incensamos first-person indicative plural
  • incensais indicative plural present
  • incensam indicative plural present
  • incensava first-person imperfect indicative
  • incensavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incensar?

  • Brazil /ĩ.sẽˈsa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ĩ.sẽˈsa(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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