Polyglot Dictionary

encorajar

/ẽkoɾaˈʒaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
encorajo
preterite (eu)
encorajei
past participle
encorajado

Meaning

  1. to encourage

    • Encorajou o filho.

      He encouraged his son.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

incentivar

encorajar means to encourage or give courage directly; incentivar means to incentivize with rewards, more business-oriented.

Similar in other languages

German

ermuntern

ermuntern is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to encourage."

German

ermutigen

ermutigen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to encourage."

Spanish

alentar

alentar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to encourage."

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