Polyglot Dictionary

umedecer

/umedeˈseɾ/

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)
umedeço
preterite (eu)
umedeci
past participle
umedecido

Meaning

  1. to moisten

    • Umedeceu o pano.

      He dampened the cloth.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

befeuchten

befeuchten is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to moisten."

Spanish

humedecer

humedecer is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to moisten."

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