inculcar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.kuwˈka(ʁ)/
inculcar is spelled I-N-C-U-L-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inculcar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to drill; to inculcate (to teach by repeated instruction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aconselhar”.
What does inculcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drill; to inculcate (to teach by repeated instruction)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aconselhar 2. sugerir 3. recomendar
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 inculcar
- inculco first-person present singular
- inculquei first-person preterite singular
- inculcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- inculcares infinitive second-person singular
- inculcarmos first-person infinitive plural
- inculcardes infinitive plural second-person
- inculcarem infinitive plural third-person
- inculcando gerund
- inculcados masculine participle past
- inculcada feminine participle past
- inculcadas feminine participle past
- inculcas indicative present second-person
- inculca indicative present singular
- inculcamos first-person indicative plural
- inculcais indicative plural present
- inculcam indicative plural present
- inculcava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inculcar?
- Brazil /ĩ.kuwˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.kuʊ̯ˈka(h)]
- /ĩ.kuwˈka(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 inculcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inculcar in Portuguese?
inculcar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).