abater
Portuguese, verb/a.baˈte(ʁ)/
abater is spelled A-B-A-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abater is a Portuguese verb meaning “to collapse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desabar, cair, demolir”.
What does abater mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collapse
- 2
to topple
- 3
to slaughter
- 4
to abate, weaken
- 5
to reduce
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desabar, cair, demolir 2. derrubar, prostrar 3. sacrificar, matar 4. eliminar, retirar
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 abater
- abato first-person present singular
- abati first-person preterite singular
- abatido participle past
- abateres infinitive second-person singular
- abatermos first-person infinitive plural
- abaterdes infinitive plural second-person
- abaterem infinitive plural third-person
- abatendo gerund
- abatidos masculine participle past
- abatida feminine participle past
- abatidas feminine participle past
- abates indicative present second-person
- abate indicative present singular
- abatemos first-person indicative plural
- abateis indicative plural present
- abatem indicative plural present
- abatia first-person imperfect indicative
- abatias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abater?
- Brazil /a.baˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.baˈte(h)]
- /a.baˈte(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 abater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abater in Portuguese?
abater appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).