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bitolar

Portuguese, verb/bi.toˈla(ʁ)/

bitolar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to gauge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medir com bitola”.

What does bitolar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to gauge

  2. 2

    Brazilto fixate, obsess (express persistent interest in a single matter, often to the exclusion of other matters or social interaction)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. medir com bitola 2. expressar interesse persistente em um único tema, afastando-se dos demais temas ou do convívio social

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 bitolar

  • bitolo first-person present singular
  • bitolei first-person preterite singular
  • bitolado participle past
  • bitolares infinitive second-person singular
  • bitolarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • bitolardes infinitive plural second-person
  • bitolarem infinitive plural third-person
  • bitolando gerund
  • bitolados masculine participle past
  • bitolada feminine participle past
  • bitoladas feminine participle past
  • bitolas indicative present second-person
  • bitola indicative present singular
  • bitolamos first-person indicative plural
  • bitolais indicative plural present
  • bitolam indicative plural present
  • bitolava first-person imperfect indicative
  • bitolavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce bitolar?

  • Brazil /bi.toˈla(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [bi.toˈla(h)]
  • /bi.toˈla(ɾ)/

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