# ater

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #39,000

## Definitions
1. não permitir que tenha seguimento; impedir que prossiga
2. pôr o vitelo a mamar na vaca
3. (prep. a, em) buscar ou obter apoio, suporte, confirmação em; apoiar-se, sustentar-se
4. (prep. a, em) ficar limitado a
5. (prep. a, em) ficar preso a; fixar-se
6. (prep. a) depositar confiança em; fiar-se
7. encostar-se a

## Easily confused with
- **ato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-ato)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-ave)
- **att** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-att)
- **axe** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-axe)
- **atl** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-atl)
- **ator** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-ator)
- **azar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-azar)
- **ateu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-ateu)
- **atum** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-atum)
- **Atom** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-atom)
- **Autor** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-autor)
- **atuar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-atuar)
- **aterro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ater-vs-aterro)
- **ar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ar-vs-ater)
- **at** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/at-vs-ater)
- **até** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ate-vs-ater)
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/are-vs-ater)
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/age-vs-ater)
- **air** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/air-vs-ater)
- **ata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ata-vs-ater)

## Common misspellings (3)
`aetr`, `aterr`, `atter`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/ater