# apertar

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #6,837

## Definitions
1. aproximar muito forçando
2. pressionar:
3. ajustar vestimenta para melhor adequação ao corpo (melhor caimento); tornar menos frouxo:
4. interrogar com veemência

## Easily confused with
- **apesar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-apesar)
- **aperto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-aperto)
- **apurar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-apurar)
- **apontar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-apontar)
- **atentar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-atentar)
- **aterrar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-aterrar)
- **atestar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertar-vs-atestar)
- **aberta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/aberta-vs-apertar)
- **alerta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/alerta-vs-apertar)
- **afetar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/afetar-vs-apertar)
- **acerta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/acerta-vs-apertar)
- **apelar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apelar-vs-apertar)
- **apegar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apegar-vs-apertar)
- **aparar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/aparar-vs-apertar)
- **aceitar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/aceitar-vs-apertar)
- **acertar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/acertar-vs-apertar)
- **alertar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/alertar-vs-apertar)
- **abortar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/abortar-vs-apertar)
- **ajeitar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ajeitar-vs-apertar)
- **apertado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/apertado-vs-apertar)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aeprtar`, `aperatr`, `aperrtar`, `apertarr`, `apertra`, `aperttar`, `apetrar`, `appertar`, `apretar`, `paertar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/apertar