lisonjear
Portuguese, verb/li.zõ.ʒeˈa(ʁ)/
lisonjear is spelled L-I-S-O-N-J-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 157,828th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lisonjear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to flatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elogiar demasiadamente e com afetação”.
What does lisonjear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flatter
- 2
to butter up
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. elogiar demasiadamente e com afetação 2. bajular 3. agradar a
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 lisonjear
- lisonjeio first-person present singular
- lisonjeei first-person preterite singular
- lisonjeado participle past
- lisonjeares infinitive second-person singular
- lisonjearmos first-person infinitive plural
- lisonjeardes infinitive plural second-person
- lisonjearem infinitive plural third-person
- lisonjeando gerund
- lisonjeados masculine participle past
- lisonjeada feminine participle past
- lisonjeadas feminine participle past
- lisonjeias indicative present second-person
- lisonjeia indicative present singular
- lisonjeamos first-person indicative plural
- lisonjeais indicative plural present
- lisonjeiam indicative plural present
- lisonjeava first-person imperfect indicative
- lisonjeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lisonjear?
- Brazil /li.zõ.ʒeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [li.zõ.ʒeˈa(h)]
- /li.zõ.ʒeˈa(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 lisonjear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lisonjear in Portuguese?
lisonjear appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).