refrescar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.fɾesˈka(ʁ)/
refrescar is spelled R-E-F-R-E-S-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refrescar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to refresh (to renew or revitalise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar fresco; reavivar, renovar”.
What does refrescar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refresh (to renew or revitalise)
- 2
to freshen (to make fresh)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar fresco; reavivar, renovar
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 refrescar
- refresco first-person present singular
- refresquei first-person preterite singular
- refrescado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- refrescares infinitive second-person singular
- refrescarmos first-person infinitive plural
- refrescardes infinitive plural second-person
- refrescarem infinitive plural third-person
- refrescando gerund
- refrescados masculine participle past
- refrescada feminine participle past
- refrescadas feminine participle past
- refrescas indicative present second-person
- refresca indicative present singular
- refrescamos first-person indicative plural
- refrescais indicative plural present
- refrescam indicative plural present
- refrescava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refrescar?
- Brazil /ʁe.fɾesˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.fɾesˈka(h)]
- /ʁe.fɾesˈka(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 refrescar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refrescar in Portuguese?
refrescar appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).