abortar
Portuguese, verb/a.boʁˈta(ʁ)/
abortar is spelled A-B-O-R-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abortar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to abort, miscarry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “produzir antes do tempo”.
What does abortar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abort, miscarry
Ele abortou a operação.
- 2
to perform an abortion, interrupt pregnancy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. produzir antes do tempo 2. nascer antes do tempo 3. interromper antes de chegar ao fim
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 abortar
- aborto first-person present singular
- abortei first-person preterite singular
- abortado participle past
- abortares infinitive second-person singular
- abortarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abortardes infinitive plural second-person
- abortarem infinitive plural third-person
- abortando gerund
- abortados masculine participle past
- abortada feminine participle past
- abortadas feminine participle past
- abortas indicative present second-person
- aborta indicative present singular
- abortamos first-person indicative plural
- abortais indicative plural present
- abortam indicative plural present
- abortava first-person imperfect indicative
- abortavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abortar?
- Brazil /a.boʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.bohˈta(h)]
- /a.boɾˈta(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 abortar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abortar in Portuguese?
abortar appears 2.3 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).