pentelhar
Portuguese, verb/pẽ.teˈʎa(ʁ)/
pentelhar is spelled P-E-N-T-E-L-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentelhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to annoy, bother, pester” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pentelhar mean in English?
verb
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Brazilcolloquialto annoy, bother, pester
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pentelhar
- pentelho first-person present singular
- pentelhei first-person preterite singular
- pentelhado participle past
- pentelhares infinitive second-person singular
- pentelharmos first-person infinitive plural
- pentelhardes infinitive plural second-person
- pentelharem infinitive plural third-person
- pentelhando gerund
- pentelhados masculine participle past
- pentelhada feminine participle past
- pentelhadas feminine participle past
- pentelhas indicative present second-person
- pentelha indicative present singular
- pentelhamos first-person indicative plural
- pentelhais indicative plural present
- pentelham indicative plural present
- pentelhava first-person imperfect indicative
- pentelhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentelhar?
- Brazil /pẽ.teˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pẽ.teˈʎa(h)]
- /pẽ.teˈʎa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pentelhar in Portuguese?
pentelhar appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).