macerar
Portuguese, verb/ma.seˈɾa(ʁ)/
macerar is spelled M-A-C-E-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macerar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to macerate (to soften in a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “amolecer”.
What does macerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to macerate (to soften in a liquid)
- 2
to torture
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. amolecer 2. machucar 3. submeter (uma substância sólida) à ação de um líquido para que este se sature de alguns princípios que a constituem 4. triturar folhas
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 macerar
- macero first-person present singular
- macerei first-person preterite singular
- macerado participle past
- macerares infinitive second-person singular
- macerarmos first-person infinitive plural
- macerardes infinitive plural second-person
- macerarem infinitive plural third-person
- macerando gerund
- macerados masculine participle past
- macerada feminine participle past
- maceradas feminine participle past
- maceras indicative present second-person
- macera indicative present singular
- maceramos first-person indicative plural
- macerais indicative plural present
- maceram indicative plural present
- macerava first-person imperfect indicative
- maceravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macerar?
- Brazil /ma.seˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.seˈɾa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macerar in Portuguese?
macerar appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).