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autuar

Portuguese, verb/aw.tuˈa(ʁ)/

autuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to ticket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lavrar auto a”.

What does autuar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to ticket

  2. 2

    to sue

  3. 3

    to fine

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. lavrar auto a 2. processar 3. multar

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 autuar

  • autuo first-person present singular
  • autuei first-person preterite singular
  • autuado participle past
  • autuares infinitive second-person singular
  • autuarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • autuardes infinitive plural second-person
  • autuarem infinitive plural third-person
  • autuando gerund
  • autuados masculine participle past
  • autuada feminine participle past
  • autuadas feminine participle past
  • autuas indicative present second-person
  • autua indicative present singular
  • autuamos first-person indicative plural
  • autuais indicative plural present
  • autuam indicative plural present
  • autuava first-person imperfect indicative
  • autuavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce autuar?

  • Brazil /aw.tuˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [aʊ̯.tuˈa(h)]
  • Brazil /awˈtwa(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is autuar in Portuguese?

autuar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).