Portuguese verbs — E
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- editar to edit (to change a text, or a document)
- educar to educate
- eleger to elect
- elevar to raise; to lift (to bring or take upwards)
- eliminar to eliminate
- emagrecer to become leaner
- embarcar to embark
- embater to bump, to collide with
- embeber imbibe
- embelezar to beautify (make beautiful or more beautiful)
- embranquecer whiten
- embrulhar to wrap up, bundle
- emendar to amend
- emigrar to emigrate (to leave one’s country)
- emitir to emit, issue
- emocionar-se to be moved, to get emotional
- empreender undertake
- empregar to employ (to give someone a job)
- emprestar to lend
- empurrar to push
- enamorar to enamor
- encaminhar to direct; to guide
- encantar to enchant, charm
- encarar to face
- encarregar to charge
- encerar to wax (to apply wax to)
- encher to fill, fill up
- encobrir to hide, cover up
- encolher to shrink; to become smaller
- encontrar to find
- enfeitar to adorn; to decorate (to add ornaments and decorations)
- enfraquecer to weaken (make weaker)
- enganar to deceive
- engarrafar bottle
- engolir to swallow, to consume food
- engomar to iron (to unwrinkle clothes with an iron)
- engordar to fatten (to become fatter)
- enjoar to get or cause someone
- enlatar can
- enriquecer to enrich
- ensaiar to rehearse
- ensinar to teach
- entender to understand, to grasp, to comprehend
- enterrar to bury, to inter, to entomb
- entornar to turn a container, spilling its contents
- entrar to enter
- entreabrir half-open
- entrebater (entrebater-se) to clash together (rare)
- entrechocar (entrechocar-se) to collide, to clash
- entreconhecer to know slightly, to discern faintly (rare)
- entrecortar to intersect
- entrefechar to half-close
- entregar to deliver
- entremeter to insert between (entremeter-se: to meddle)
- entremisturar to intermingle, to mix together
- entremostrar to give a glimpse of, to half-show
- entreolhar to look at each other
- entreouvir to hear or overhear indistinctly
- entressonhar to daydream, to half-dream
- entreter to amuse; to entertain
- entrever to glimpse
- entrevistar to interview
- entristecer sadden
- entristecer-se to grow sad
- envelhecer to age
- envergonhar to shame, abash
- envergonhar-se to be ashamed, to be embarrassed
- enviar to send
- enviuvar to be widowed
- envolver to involve
- enxaguar-se to rinse oneself
- enxertar graft
- equilibrar to balance, equilibrate
- errar to err (make a mistake)
- esboçar draft
- escalar to climb, to scale; to select, to schedule (a team)
- escanear scan
- escolher to choose
- esconder to hide
- escorregar to slide (to move on a low friction surface)
- escorrer to drain (liquid)
- escovar-se to brush (one's hair or teeth)
- escrever to write
- esculpir to carve (shape a piece of material into an object)
- escutar to listen to
- esforçar to strain
- esfregar to rub
- esfriar to cool, cool down
- esgotar to exhaust, deplete
- esmagar to crush
- espantar to terrify, to frighten
- especializar-se major
- especular to speculate
- esperar to wait
- espirrar to sneeze
- esquartejar to dismember (to cut off the limbs from a body)
- esquecer to forget
- esquiar to ski
- estabelecer to establish
- estacionar to stand still for a long time
- estar to be (state, location)
- estender to extend; to broaden; to widen (to increase in extent or size)
- esticar to stretch (lengthen by pulling)
- estimar to estimate
- estirar rack
- estorcer to twist, to wring (estorcer-se: to writhe)
- estragar to ruin
- estressar-se to get stressed (Brazil)
- estudar to study
- estupefazer to stupefy, to astonish
- estupeficar stupefy
- esvaziar to empty (to make empty)
- etiquetar label
- evacuar to evacuate
- evitar to avoid
- evocar to evoke, to call to mind
- exagerar to exaggerate
- exalar exhale
- examinar to examine
- excitar heat
- exclamar exclaim
- excursionar to go on an excursion, to tour
- executar to carry out
- exibir to exhibit, display
- exigir to require, need
- existir to exist
- expedir mail
- experimentar to experience
- explicar to explain
- explorar to explore
- expor to expose
- exportar to export
- expulsar to expel
- exterminar to exterminate
- externalizar outsource
- extraditar to extradite (to remove a person from one jurisdiction to another by legal process)
- extrair to extract