intimidar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/
intimidar is spelled I-N-T-I-M-I-D-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intimidar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to intimidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar tímido”.
What does intimidar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intimidate
- 2
to frighten (disturb with fear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar tímido 2. assustar 3. assustar, atemorizar, causar apreensão
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 intimidar
- intimido first-person present singular
- intimidei first-person preterite singular
- intimidado participle past
- intimidares infinitive second-person singular
- intimidarmos first-person infinitive plural
- intimidardes infinitive plural second-person
- intimidarem infinitive plural third-person
- intimidando gerund
- intimidados masculine participle past
- intimidada feminine participle past
- intimidadas feminine participle past
- intimidas indicative present second-person
- intimida indicative present singular
- intimidamos first-person indicative plural
- intimidais indicative plural present
- intimidam indicative plural present
- intimidava first-person imperfect indicative
- intimidavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intimidar?
- Brazil /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(h)]
- /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(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 intimidar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intimidar in Portuguese?
intimidar appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).