açoitar
Portuguese, verb/a.sojˈta(ʁ)/
açoitar is spelled A-Ç-O-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Açoitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to verbally offend or humiliate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar com açoite em, bater com chicote, chicotear”.
What does açoitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to verbally offend or humiliate
- 2
to flog, whip, lash
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar coito a 2. acolher 3. refugiar-se
verb: 1. dar com açoite em, bater com chicote, chicotear 2. castigar 3. açoutar 4. disciplinar-se
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 açoitar
- açoito first-person present singular
- açoitei first-person preterite singular
- açoitado participle past
- açoitares infinitive second-person singular
- açoitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- açoitardes infinitive plural second-person
- açoitarem infinitive plural third-person
- açoitando gerund
- açoitados masculine participle past
- açoitada feminine participle past
- açoitadas feminine participle past
- açoitas indicative present second-person
- açoita indicative present singular
- açoitamos first-person indicative plural
- açoitais indicative plural present
- açoitam indicative plural present
- açoitava first-person imperfect indicative
- açoitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce açoitar?
- Brazil /a.sojˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.soɪ̯ˈta(h)]
- /a.sojˈta(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 açoitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is açoitar in Portuguese?
açoitar appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).