rilhar
Portuguese, verb/ʁiˈʎa(ʁ)/
rilhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to gnaw (to bite something persistently)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “roer, comer algo que está duro, usando os dentes fortemente”.
What does rilhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gnaw (to bite something persistently)
- 2
to gnash (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. roer, comer algo que está duro, usando os dentes fortemente
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 rilhar
- rilho first-person present singular
- rilhei first-person preterite singular
- rilhado participle past
- rilhares infinitive second-person singular
- rilharmos first-person infinitive plural
- rilhardes infinitive plural second-person
- rilharem infinitive plural third-person
- rilhando gerund
- rilhados masculine participle past
- rilhada feminine participle past
- rilhadas feminine participle past
- rilhas indicative present second-person
- rilha indicative present singular
- rilhamos first-person indicative plural
- rilhais indicative plural present
- rilham indicative plural present
- rilhava first-person imperfect indicative
- rilhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rilhar?
- Brazil /ʁiˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hiˈʎa(h)]
- /ʁiˈʎa(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 rilhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.