candidatar
Portuguese, verb/kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ʁ)/
candidatar is spelled C-A-N-D-I-D-A-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candidatar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to enrol someone or something as a candidate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar a si mediante algum meio ou modo um candidato”.
What does candidatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enrol someone or something as a candidate
O Silva candidatou seu filho a presidente na eleição da escola.
- 2
to run (to be a candidate in an election)
Ninguém quis se candidatar a prefeito.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar a si mediante algum meio ou modo um candidato
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 candidatar
- candidato first-person present singular
- candidatei first-person preterite singular
- candidatado participle past
- candidatares infinitive second-person singular
- candidatarmos first-person infinitive plural
- candidatardes infinitive plural second-person
- candidatarem infinitive plural third-person
- candidatando gerund
- candidatados masculine participle past
- candidatada feminine participle past
- candidatadas feminine participle past
- candidatas indicative present second-person
- candidata indicative present singular
- candidatamos first-person indicative plural
- candidatais indicative plural present
- candidatam indicative plural present
- candidatava first-person imperfect indicative
- candidatavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candidatar?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.daˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is candidatar in Portuguese?
candidatar appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).