polvilhar
Portuguese, verb/pow.viˈʎa(ʁ)/
polvilhar is spelled P-O-L-V-I-L-H-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polvilhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to powder (sprinkle with talc or other powder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cobrir de pó, empoar; enfarinhar”.
What does polvilhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to powder (sprinkle with talc or other powder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cobrir de pó, empoar; enfarinhar
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 polvilhar
- polvilho first-person present singular
- polvilhei first-person preterite singular
- polvilhado participle past
- polvilhares infinitive second-person singular
- polvilharmos first-person infinitive plural
- polvilhardes infinitive plural second-person
- polvilharem infinitive plural third-person
- polvilhando gerund
- polvilhados masculine participle past
- polvilhada feminine participle past
- polvilhadas feminine participle past
- polvilhas indicative present second-person
- polvilha indicative present singular
- polvilhamos first-person indicative plural
- polvilhais indicative plural present
- polvilham indicative plural present
- polvilhava first-person imperfect indicative
- polvilhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polvilhar?
- Brazil /pow.viˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [poʊ̯.viˈʎa(h)]
- /pow.viˈʎa(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 polvilhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polvilhar in Portuguese?
polvilhar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).