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intumescer

Portuguese, verb/ĩ.tu.meˈse(ʁ)/

intumescer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to swell, to swell up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inchar, tornar-se túmido”.

What does intumescer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to swell, to swell up

  2. 2

    to cause (a wound or body part) to swell

  3. 3

    to cause excessive pride

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. inchar, tornar-se túmido 2. avolumar, aumentar o volume 3. envaidecer(-se)

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 intumescer

  • intumesço first-person present singular
  • intumesci first-person preterite singular
  • intumescido participle past
  • c-ç alternation
  • intumesceres infinitive second-person singular
  • intumescermos first-person infinitive plural
  • intumescerdes infinitive plural second-person
  • intumescerem infinitive plural third-person
  • intumescendo gerund
  • intumescidos masculine participle past
  • intumescida feminine participle past
  • intumescidas feminine participle past
  • intumesces indicative present second-person
  • intumesce indicative present singular
  • intumescemos first-person indicative plural
  • intumesceis indicative plural present
  • intumescem indicative plural present
  • intumescia first-person imperfect indicative

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

How do you pronounce intumescer?

  • Brazil /ĩ.tu.meˈse(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ĩ.tu.meˈse(h)]
  • /ĩ.tu.meˈse(ɾ)/

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