betar
Portuguese, verb/beˈta(ʁ)/
betar is spelled B-E-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to simp (to be excessively kind to a woman with the intent of receiving sexual gratification)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “listar de cores variadas; matizar”.
What does betar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto simp (to be excessively kind to a woman with the intent of receiving sexual gratification)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. listar de cores variadas; matizar
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 betar
- beto first-person present singular
- betei first-person preterite singular
- betado participle past
- betares infinitive second-person singular
- betarmos first-person infinitive plural
- betardes infinitive plural second-person
- betarem infinitive plural third-person
- betando gerund
- betados masculine participle past
- betada feminine participle past
- betadas feminine participle past
- betas indicative present second-person
- beta indicative present singular
- betamos first-person indicative plural
- betais indicative plural present
- betam indicative plural present
- betava first-person imperfect indicative
- betavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betar?
- Brazil /beˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [beˈta(h)]
- /beˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is betar in Portuguese?
betar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).