refogar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
refogar is spelled R-E-F-O-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refogar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fry with oil or butter and seasonings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passar gordura ou azeite fervente em algum alimento”.
What does refogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fry with oil or butter and seasonings
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. passar gordura ou azeite fervente em algum alimento 2. preparar um alimento fervendo-o em água ou gordura, guisar
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 refogar
- refogo first-person present singular
- refoguei first-person preterite singular
- refogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- refogares infinitive second-person singular
- refogarmos first-person infinitive plural
- refogardes infinitive plural second-person
- refogarem infinitive plural third-person
- refogando gerund
- refogados masculine participle past
- refogada feminine participle past
- refogadas feminine participle past
- refogas indicative present second-person
- refoga indicative present singular
- refogamos first-person indicative plural
- refogais indicative plural present
- refogam indicative plural present
- refogava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refogar?
- Brazil /ʁe.foˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.foˈɡa(h)]
- /ʁe.foˈɡa(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 refogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refogar in Portuguese?
refogar 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).