minguar
Portuguese, verb/mĩˈɡwa(ʁ)/
minguar is spelled M-I-N-G-U-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minguar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wane (lunar phase)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar-se menor”.
What does minguar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wane (lunar phase)
- 2
to diminish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar-se menor 2. diminuir 3. escassear
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 minguar
- mínguo Brazil first-person present
- minguo European error-unknown-tag first-person
- minguei first-person preterite singular
- minguado participle past
- minguares infinitive second-person singular
- minguarmos first-person infinitive plural
- minguardes infinitive plural second-person
- minguarem infinitive plural third-person
- minguando gerund
- minguados masculine participle past
- minguada feminine participle past
- minguadas feminine participle past
- mínguas Brazil indicative present
- minguas indicative present second-person
- míngua Brazil indicative present
- mingua indicative present singular
- minguamos first-person indicative plural
- minguais indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minguar?
- Brazil /mĩˈɡwa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mĩˈɡwa(h)]
- /mĩˈɡwa(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 minguar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minguar in Portuguese?
minguar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).