menoscabar
Portuguese, verb/me.nos.kaˈba(ʁ)/
menoscabar is spelled M-E-N-O-S-C-A-B-A-R (10 letters). Menoscabar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to turn incomplete or imperfect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reduzir a menos; tornar imperfeito; deixar incompleto”.
What does menoscabar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn incomplete or imperfect
- 2
to discredit, to disbelieve
- 3
to despise, to scorn, to look down on
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. reduzir a menos; tornar imperfeito; deixar incompleto 2. diminuir ou tirar o valor de; depreciar, menosprezar, rebaixar
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 menoscabar
- menoscabo first-person present singular
- menoscabei first-person preterite singular
- menoscabado participle past
- menoscabares infinitive second-person singular
- menoscabarmos first-person infinitive plural
- menoscabardes infinitive plural second-person
- menoscabarem infinitive plural third-person
- menoscabando gerund
- menoscabados masculine participle past
- menoscabada feminine participle past
- menoscabadas feminine participle past
- menoscabas indicative present second-person
- menoscaba indicative present singular
- menoscabamos first-person indicative plural
- menoscabais indicative plural present
- menoscabam indicative plural present
- menoscabava first-person imperfect indicative
- menoscabavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menoscabar?
- Brazil /me.nos.kaˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [me.nos.kaˈba(h)]
- /me.nos.kaˈba(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.