amuar
/ɐ.ˈmwaɾ/
The verdict
“amuar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tornar amuado
Corpus desk
Index PT-amuar · amuar · Portuguese
amuar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amuar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈmwaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amuar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amuar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.ˈmwaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
amuar has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is amuar, spelled A-M-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar amuado
- 2baixar de preço
- 3emperrar, parar
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.