arrebatar

/ɐ.Rɨ.bɐ.ˈtaɾ/

//ɐ.Rɨ.bɐ.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“arrebatar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,616 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,616
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tirar com violência

Corpus desk

Index PT-arrebatar · arrebatar · Portuguese

arrebatar · rank #62,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,616
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arejar

Nearest frequency peer: arejar (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “arrebatar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “arrebatar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arrebatar
PropertyValue
Headwordarrebatar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.Rɨ.bɐ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,616
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “arrebatar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.arrebatarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “arejar” (#62,613), “almejar” (#62,603), “alcova” (#62,598). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “arrebatar” fica em #62,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arrebatar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,616 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.Rɨ.bɐ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

arrebatar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is arrebatar, spelled A-R-R-E-B-A-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    tirar com violência
  2. 2
    arrancar
  3. 3
    extasiar
  4. 4
    enlevar
  5. 5
    ser elevado aos céus no dia do Juízo Final

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arrebatar"?
"arrebatar" is spelled A-R-R-E-B-A-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.Rɨ.bɐ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "arrebatar" mean?
As a verb, "arrebatar" means: tirar com violência
How do you pronounce "arrebatar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arrebatar" is /ɐ.Rɨ.bɐ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arrebatar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arrebatar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list