linchar
Portuguese, verb/lĩˈʃa(ʁ)/
linchar is spelled L-I-N-C-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lynch (to execute without a proper legal trial)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “justiçar ou executar sumariamente, sem julgamento e direito de defesa”.
What does linchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lynch (to execute without a proper legal trial)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. justiçar ou executar sumariamente, sem julgamento e direito de defesa 2. espancar alguém em multidão
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 linchar
- lincho first-person present singular
- linchei first-person preterite singular
- linchado participle past
- linchares infinitive second-person singular
- lincharmos first-person infinitive plural
- linchardes infinitive plural second-person
- lincharem infinitive plural third-person
- linchando gerund
- linchados masculine participle past
- linchada feminine participle past
- linchadas feminine participle past
- linchas indicative present second-person
- lincha indicative present singular
- linchamos first-person indicative plural
- linchais indicative plural present
- lincham indicative plural present
- linchava first-person imperfect indicative
- linchavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linchar?
- Brazil /lĩˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [lĩˈʃa(h)]
- /lĩˈʃa(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 linchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is linchar in Portuguese?
linchar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).