apresar
Portuguese, verb/a.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
apresar is spelled A-P-R-E-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apresar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to capture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomar como presa navio ou avião por desrespeito legal e/ou tributário; aprisionar; capturar”.
What does apresar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to capture
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tomar como presa navio ou avião por desrespeito legal e/ou tributário; aprisionar; capturar 2. apreender mercadoria por desrespeito legal e/ou tributário
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 apresar
- apreso first-person present singular
- apresei first-person preterite singular
- apresado participle past
- apresares infinitive second-person singular
- apresarmos first-person infinitive plural
- apresardes infinitive plural second-person
- apresarem infinitive plural third-person
- apresando gerund
- apresados masculine participle past
- apresada feminine participle past
- apresadas feminine participle past
- apresas indicative present second-person
- apresa indicative present singular
- apresamos first-person indicative plural
- apresais indicative plural present
- apresam indicative plural present
- apresava first-person imperfect indicative
- apresavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apresar?
- Brazil /a.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pɾeˈza(h)]
- /a.pɾeˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apresar in Portuguese?
apresar appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).