aguar

/a.ˈɡwaɾ/

//a.ˈɡwaɾ// verb

The verdict

“aguar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,424 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,424
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fornecer água a planta

Corpus desk

Index PT-aguar · aguar · Portuguese

aguar · rank #94,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,424
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH ajuizar

Nearest frequency peer: ajuizar (+3 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “aguar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “aguar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aguar
PropertyValue
Headwordaguar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/a.ˈɡwaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#94,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “aguar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).aguarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “ajuizar” (#94,427), “Agamemnon” (#94,419), “afrouxamento” (#94,417). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aguar” fica em #94,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aguar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,424 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /a.ˈɡwaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    fornecer água a planta
  2. 2
    diluir em água
  3. 3
    ficar com incômodo por falta de algo que se deseja comer ou beber e não se consegue obter

Synonyms

molharougar

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aguar"?
"aguar" is spelled A-G-U-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ˈɡwaɾ/.
What does "aguar" mean?
As a verb, "aguar" means: fornecer água a planta
How do you pronounce "aguar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aguar" is /a.ˈɡwaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aguar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aguar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list