atiçar
Portuguese, verb/a.t͡ʃiˈsa(ʁ)/
atiçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stir, poke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “avivar, atear (o fogo), soprando, abanando ou revolvendo as brasas ou lenhas”.
What does atiçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stir, poke
- 2
to incite, provoke
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. avivar, atear (o fogo), soprando, abanando ou revolvendo as brasas ou lenhas 2. promover o desenvolvimento de (amor, paixão, namoro, briga, intriga, dissensão etc.); fomentar 3. impelir (alguém) a (algo); estimular, incitar 4. acender-se em ira; exasperar-se, irritar-se
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 atiçar
- atiço first-person present singular
- aticei first-person preterite singular
- atiçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- atiçares infinitive second-person singular
- atiçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- atiçardes infinitive plural second-person
- atiçarem infinitive plural third-person
- atiçando gerund
- atiçados masculine participle past
- atiçada feminine participle past
- atiçadas feminine participle past
- atiças indicative present second-person
- atiça indicative present singular
- atiçamos first-person indicative plural
- atiçais indicative plural present
- atiçam indicative plural present
- atiçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atiçar?
- Brazil /a.t͡ʃiˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.t͡ʃiˈsa(h)]
- /a.t͡ʃiˈsa(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 atiçar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atiçar in Portuguese?
atiçar 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).