jejuar
Portuguese, verb/ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/
jejuar is spelled J-E-J-U-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jejuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fast (to abstain from or eat very little food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “praticar o jejum; abster-se de comer”.
What does jejuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fast (to abstain from or eat very little food)
- 2
to avoid or abstain from something one enjoys
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. praticar o jejum; abster-se de comer 2. comer pouco e só de certos tipos de alimentos, por observância religiosa
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 jejuar
- jejuo first-person present singular
- jejuei first-person preterite singular
- jejuado participle past
- jejuares infinitive second-person singular
- jejuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- jejuardes infinitive plural second-person
- jejuarem infinitive plural third-person
- jejuando gerund
- jejuados masculine participle past
- jejuada feminine participle past
- jejuadas feminine participle past
- jejuas indicative present second-person
- jejua indicative present singular
- jejuamos first-person indicative plural
- jejuais indicative plural present
- jejuam indicative plural present
- jejuava first-person imperfect indicative
- jejuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jejuar?
- Brazil /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒe.ʒuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʒeˈʒwa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jejuar in Portuguese?
jejuar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).