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inchar

Portuguese, verb/ĩˈʃa(ʁ)/

inchar is spelled I-N-C-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to swell (become bigger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intumescer”.

What does inchar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to swell (become bigger)

  2. 2

    to swell due to oedema

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. intumescer 2. avolumar 3. aumentar de volume

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 inchar

  • incho first-person present singular
  • inchei first-person preterite singular
  • inchado participle past
  • inchares infinitive second-person singular
  • incharmos first-person infinitive plural
  • inchardes infinitive plural second-person
  • incharem infinitive plural third-person
  • inchando gerund
  • inchados masculine participle past
  • inchada feminine participle past
  • inchadas feminine participle past
  • inchas indicative present second-person
  • incha indicative present singular
  • inchamos first-person indicative plural
  • inchais indicative plural present
  • incham indicative plural present
  • inchava first-person imperfect indicative
  • inchavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce inchar?

  • Brazil /ĩˈʃa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ĩˈʃa(h)]
  • /ĩˈʃa(ɾ)/

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

English words that translate to inchar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is inchar in Portuguese?

inchar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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