aparentar
Portuguese, verb/a.pa.ɾẽˈta(ʁ)/
aparentar is spelled A-P-A-R-E-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aparentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pretend, feign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar aparência de”.
What does aparentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pretend, feign
- 2
to appear, seem
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar aparência de 2. assemelhar-se a
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 aparentar
- aparento first-person present singular
- aparentei first-person preterite singular
- aparentado participle past
- aparentares infinitive second-person singular
- aparentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- aparentardes infinitive plural second-person
- aparentarem infinitive plural third-person
- aparentando gerund
- aparentados masculine participle past
- aparentada feminine participle past
- aparentadas feminine participle past
- aparentas indicative present second-person
- aparenta indicative present singular
- aparentamos first-person indicative plural
- aparentais indicative plural present
- aparentam indicative plural present
- aparentava first-person imperfect indicative
- aparentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparentar?
- Brazil /a.pa.ɾẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pa.ɾẽˈta(h)]
- /a.pa.ɾẽˈta(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 aparentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aparentar in Portuguese?
aparentar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).