incrustar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.kɾusˈta(ʁ)/
incrustar is spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incrustar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to embed, to encrust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inserir em uma peça a ser ornada de pedaços de outra que lhe seja contrastante, ou que forme desenhos ou…”.
What does incrustar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embed, to encrust
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. inserir em uma peça a ser ornada de pedaços de outra que lhe seja contrastante, ou que forme desenhos ou enriqueça com pedras preciosas 2. formar uma crosta ou camada de proteção em 3. realizar a galvanização em um metal, dourando-o ou deixando-o prateado 4. prender ou prender-se bem forte em uma superfície, nela ficando embutido ou encaixado
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 incrustar
- incrusto first-person present singular
- incrustei first-person preterite singular
- incrustado participle past
- incrustares infinitive second-person singular
- incrustarmos first-person infinitive plural
- incrustardes infinitive plural second-person
- incrustarem infinitive plural third-person
- incrustando gerund
- incrustados masculine participle past
- incrustada feminine participle past
- incrustadas feminine participle past
- incrustas indicative present second-person
- incrusta indicative present singular
- incrustamos first-person indicative plural
- incrustais indicative plural present
- incrustam indicative plural present
- incrustava first-person imperfect indicative
- incrustavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incrustar?
- Brazil /ĩ.kɾusˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.kɾusˈta(h)]
- /ĩ.kɾusˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is incrustar in Portuguese?
incrustar appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).