refugiar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
refugiar is spelled R-E-F-U-G-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refugiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shelter (to provide shelter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomar refúgio”.
What does refugiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shelter (to provide shelter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tomar refúgio 2. esconder, proteger 3. exilar(-se) 4. resguardar(-se)
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 refugiar
- refugio first-person present singular
- refugiei first-person preterite singular
- refugiado participle past
- refugiares infinitive second-person singular
- refugiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- refugiardes infinitive plural second-person
- refugiarem infinitive plural third-person
- refugiando gerund
- refugiados masculine participle past
- refugiada feminine participle past
- refugiadas feminine participle past
- refugias indicative present second-person
- refugia indicative present singular
- refugiamos first-person indicative plural
- refugiais indicative plural present
- refugiam indicative plural present
- refugiava first-person imperfect indicative
- refugiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refugiar?
- Brazil /ʁe.fu.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.fu.ʒiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʁe.fuˈʒja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refugiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refugiar in Portuguese?
refugiar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).