penhorar
Portuguese, verb/pẽ.ɲoˈɾa(ʁ)/
penhorar is spelled P-E-N-H-O-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penhorar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to apprehend; to seize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apreender por meio de execução judicial”.
What does penhorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apprehend; to seize
- 2
to pawn; to pledge
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apreender por meio de execução judicial 2. cativar 3. bloquear algum bem em forma de penhora
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 penhorar
- penhoro first-person present singular
- penhorei first-person preterite singular
- penhorado participle past
- penhorares infinitive second-person singular
- penhorarmos first-person infinitive plural
- penhorardes infinitive plural second-person
- penhorarem infinitive plural third-person
- penhorando gerund
- penhorados masculine participle past
- penhorada feminine participle past
- penhoradas feminine participle past
- penhoras indicative present second-person
- penhora indicative present singular
- penhoramos first-person indicative plural
- penhorais indicative plural present
- penhoram indicative plural present
- penhorava first-person imperfect indicative
- penhoravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penhorar?
- Brazil /pẽ.ɲoˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pẽ.j̃oˈɾa(h)]
- /pẽ.ɲoˈɾa(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 penhorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penhorar in Portuguese?
penhorar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).