argentar
Portuguese, verb/aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/
argentar is spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters). Argentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pratear”.
What does argentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pratear 2. tornar da cor da prata
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 argentar
- argento first-person present singular
- argentei first-person preterite singular
- argentado participle past
- argentares infinitive second-person singular
- argentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- argentardes infinitive plural second-person
- argentarem infinitive plural third-person
- argentando gerund
- argentados masculine participle past
- argentada feminine participle past
- argentadas feminine participle past
- argentas indicative present second-person
- argenta indicative present singular
- argentamos first-person indicative plural
- argentais indicative plural present
- argentam indicative plural present
- argentava first-person imperfect indicative
- argentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argentar?
- Brazil /aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aɦ.ʒẽˈta(h)]
- /aɾ.ʒẽˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.