refrear
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.fɾeˈa(ʁ)/
refrear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to curb; to restrain (to prevent from progressing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reprimir”.
What does refrear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to curb; to restrain (to prevent from progressing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. reprimir 2. conter 3. moderar
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 refrear
- refreio first-person present singular
- refreei first-person preterite singular
- refreado participle past
- refreares infinitive second-person singular
- refrearmos first-person infinitive plural
- refreardes infinitive plural second-person
- refrearem infinitive plural third-person
- refreando gerund
- refreados masculine participle past
- refreada feminine participle past
- refreadas feminine participle past
- refreias indicative present second-person
- refreia indicative present singular
- refreamos first-person indicative plural
- refreais indicative plural present
- refreiam indicative plural present
- refreava first-person imperfect indicative
- refreavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refrear?
- Brazil /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.fɾeˈa(h)]
- /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is refrear in Portuguese?
refrear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).