apertar
Portuguese, verb/a.peʁˈta(ʁ)/
apertar is spelled A-P-E-R-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,851st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apertar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aproximar muito forçando”.
What does apertar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tighten
- 2
to press, clasp, clamp
- 3
Brazilslangto roll (a joint, a marijuana cigarette)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aproximar muito forçando 2. pressionar: 3. ajustar vestimenta para melhor adequação ao corpo (melhor caimento); tornar menos frouxo: 4. interrogar com veemência
verb: 1. estreitar-se 2. aumentar:
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 apertar
- aperto first-person present singular
- apertei first-person preterite singular
- apertado participle past
- apertares infinitive second-person singular
- apertarmos first-person infinitive plural
- apertardes infinitive plural second-person
- apertarem infinitive plural third-person
- apertando gerund
- apertados masculine participle past
- apertada feminine participle past
- apertadas feminine participle past
- apertas indicative present second-person
- aperta indicative present singular
- apertamos first-person indicative plural
- apertais indicative plural present
- apertam indicative plural present
- apertava first-person imperfect indicative
- apertavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apertar?
- Brazil /a.peʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pehˈta(h)]
- /a.peɾˈta(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 apertar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apertar in Portuguese?
apertar appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).