melgar
Portuguese, verb/mewˈɡa(ʁ)/
melgar is spelled M-E-L-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melgar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to annoy, to bother, to pester, to nag (especially through repeated words or constant presence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does melgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to annoy, to bother, to pester, to nag (especially through repeated words or constant presence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of melgar
- melgo first-person present singular
- melguei first-person preterite singular
- melgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- melgares infinitive second-person singular
- melgarmos first-person infinitive plural
- melgardes infinitive plural second-person
- melgarem infinitive plural third-person
- melgando gerund
- melgados masculine participle past
- melgada feminine participle past
- melgadas feminine participle past
- melgas indicative present second-person
- melga indicative present singular
- melgamos first-person indicative plural
- melgais indicative plural present
- melgam indicative plural present
- melgava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melgar?
- Brazil /mewˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [meʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is melgar in Portuguese?
melgar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).