atar
Portuguese, verb/aˈta(ʁ)/
atar is spelled A-T-A-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tie, tie up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apertar atilho com nó; amarrar; ligar; manietar”.
What does atar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tie, tie up
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apertar atilho com nó; amarrar; ligar; manietar: 2. obrigar; submeter:
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 atar
- ato first-person present singular
- atei first-person preterite singular
- atado participle past
- atares infinitive second-person singular
- atarmos first-person infinitive plural
- atardes infinitive plural second-person
- atarem infinitive plural third-person
- atando gerund
- atados masculine participle past
- atada feminine participle past
- atadas feminine participle past
- atas indicative present second-person
- ata indicative present singular
- atamos first-person indicative plural
- atais indicative plural present
- atam indicative plural present
- atava first-person imperfect indicative
- atavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atar?
- Brazil /aˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aˈta(h)]
- /aˈta(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 atar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atar in Portuguese?
atar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).