aguar
/a.ˈɡwaɾ/
The verdict
“aguar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #94,424 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #94,424
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fornecer água a planta
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aguar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /a.ˈɡwaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aguar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for aguar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ˈɡwaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #94,424 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aguar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 aguar, spelled A-G-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1fornecer água a planta
- 2diluir em água
- 3ficar com incômodo por falta de algo que se deseja comer ou beber e não se consegue obter
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “aguar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-G-U-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.ˈɡwaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.