parafrasear
Portuguese, verb/pa.ɾa.fɾa.zeˈa(ʁ)/
parafrasear is spelled P-A-R-A-F-R-A-S-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parafrasear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to paraphrase (explain or interpret through paraphrase)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escrever ou dizer com outros termos; fazer paráfrase de”.
What does parafrasear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to paraphrase (explain or interpret through paraphrase)
- 2
to paraphrase (develop, speaking or writing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. escrever ou dizer com outros termos; fazer paráfrase de
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 parafrasear
- parafraseio first-person present singular
- parafraseei first-person preterite singular
- parafraseado participle past
- parafraseares infinitive second-person singular
- parafrasearmos first-person infinitive plural
- parafraseardes infinitive plural second-person
- parafrasearem infinitive plural third-person
- parafraseando gerund
- parafraseados masculine participle past
- parafraseada feminine participle past
- parafraseadas feminine participle past
- parafraseias indicative present second-person
- parafraseia indicative present singular
- parafraseamos first-person indicative plural
- parafraseais indicative plural present
- parafraseiam indicative plural present
- parafraseava first-person imperfect indicative
- parafraseavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parafrasear?
- Brazil /pa.ɾa.fɾa.zeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.ɾa.fɾa.zeˈa(h)]
- Brazil /pa.ɾa.fɾa.ziˈa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parafrasear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parafrasear in Portuguese?
parafrasear appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).