adjudicar

/ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈkaɾ/, /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈka/

//ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈkaɾ/, /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈka// verb

The verdict

“adjudicar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transferir propriedade do devedor para o credor, com o intuito de saldar dívidas

Corpus desk

Index PT-adjudicar · adjudicar · Portuguese

adjudicar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for adjudicar
PropertyValue
Headwordadjudicar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈkaɾ/, /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈka/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “adjudicar” em português

adjudicarnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adjudicar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈkaɾ/, /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈka/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "transferir propriedade do devedor para o credor, com o intuito de saldar dívidas".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adjudicar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is adjudicar, spelled A-D-J-U-D-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    transferir propriedade do devedor para o credor, com o intuito de saldar dívidas

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjudicar"?
"adjudicar" is spelled A-D-J-U-D-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈkaɾ/, /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈka/.
What does "adjudicar" mean?
As a verb, "adjudicar" means: transferir propriedade do devedor para o credor, com o intuito de saldar dívidas
How do you pronounce "adjudicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adjudicar" is /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈkaɾ/, /ɐd.ʒu.ʤi.ˈka/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adjudicar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list