naufragar
Portuguese, verb/naw.fɾaˈɡa(ʁ)/
naufragar is spelled N-A-U-F-R-A-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naufragar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to founder; to sink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afundar (navio)”.
What does naufragar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to founder; to sink
- 2
to be shipwrecked
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afundar (navio)
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 naufragar
- naufrago first-person present singular
- naufraguei first-person preterite singular
- naufragado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- naufragares infinitive second-person singular
- naufragarmos first-person infinitive plural
- naufragardes infinitive plural second-person
- naufragarem infinitive plural third-person
- naufragando gerund
- naufragados masculine participle past
- naufragada feminine participle past
- naufragadas feminine participle past
- naufragas indicative present second-person
- naufraga indicative present singular
- naufragamos first-person indicative plural
- naufragais indicative plural present
- naufragam indicative plural present
- naufragava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naufragar?
- Brazil /naw.fɾaˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [naʊ̯.fɾaˈɡa(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 naufragar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naufragar in Portuguese?
naufragar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).