ofuscar
Portuguese, verb/o.fusˈka(ʁ)/
ofuscar is spelled O-F-U-S-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ofuscar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to outshine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escurecer”.
What does ofuscar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to outshine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. escurecer 2. ensombrar 3. encobrir
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 ofuscar
- ofusco first-person present singular
- ofusquei first-person preterite singular
- ofuscado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- ofuscares infinitive second-person singular
- ofuscarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ofuscardes infinitive plural second-person
- ofuscarem infinitive plural third-person
- ofuscando gerund
- ofuscados masculine participle past
- ofuscada feminine participle past
- ofuscadas feminine participle past
- ofuscas indicative present second-person
- ofusca indicative present singular
- ofuscamos first-person indicative plural
- ofuscais indicative plural present
- ofuscam indicative plural present
- ofuscava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ofuscar?
- Brazil /o.fusˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o.fusˈka(h)]
- /o.fusˈka(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 ofuscar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ofuscar in Portuguese?
ofuscar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).