assaltar
Portuguese, verb/a.sawˈta(ʁ)/
assaltar is spelled A-S-S-A-L-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,248th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assaltar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atacar de súbito”.
What does assaltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rob
- 2
to assault, attack
- 3
to burgle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atacar de súbito 2. atacar traiçoeiramente para roubar 3. fazer adoecer de repente; atacar, acometer 4. lembrar repentinamente; ocorrer
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 assaltar
- assalto first-person present singular
- assaltei first-person preterite singular
- assaltado participle past
- assaltares infinitive second-person singular
- assaltarmos first-person infinitive plural
- assaltardes infinitive plural second-person
- assaltarem infinitive plural third-person
- assaltando gerund
- assaltados masculine participle past
- assaltada feminine participle past
- assaltadas feminine participle past
- assaltas indicative present second-person
- assalta indicative present singular
- assaltamos first-person indicative plural
- assaltais indicative plural present
- assaltam indicative plural present
- assaltava first-person imperfect indicative
- assaltavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assaltar?
- Brazil /a.sawˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.saʊ̯ˈta(h)]
- /a.sawˈta(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 assaltar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assaltar in Portuguese?
assaltar appears 3.3 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).