sapecar
Portuguese, verb/sa.peˈka(ʁ)/
sapecar is spelled S-A-P-E-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapecar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scorch; to sear; to parch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chamuscar, queimar rapidamente no fogo (somente a superfície)”.
What does sapecar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto scorch; to sear; to parch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. chamuscar, queimar rapidamente no fogo (somente a superfície) 2. assar
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 sapecar
- sapeco first-person present singular
- sapequei first-person preterite singular
- sapecado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- sapecares infinitive second-person singular
- sapecarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sapecardes infinitive plural second-person
- sapecarem infinitive plural third-person
- sapecando gerund
- sapecados masculine participle past
- sapecada feminine participle past
- sapecadas feminine participle past
- sapecas indicative present second-person
- sapeca indicative present singular
- sapecamos first-person indicative plural
- sapecais indicative plural present
- sapecam indicative plural present
- sapecava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapecar?
- Brazil /sa.peˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sa.peˈka(h)]
- /sa.peˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sapecar in Portuguese?
sapecar appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).