catar
Portuguese, noun/kaˈta(ʁ)/
catar is spelled C-A-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a train of camels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “país do sudoeste da Ásia, na península arábica, que faz fronteiras com a Arábia Saudita e os Emiratos Árabes…”.
What does catar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gather; to glean; to collect (get multiple things)
Vamos catar as maçãs da árvore?
- 2
to pick up (collect an object, especially from the ground)
Deixei cair a carta, pode catá-la para mim?
- 3
to look for; to search for (try to find something)
Passei o dia catando o livro.
- 4
slangto pick up (start a short romantic relationship with)
Ele catou duas raparigas na festa.
- 5
to clean something by removing defective elements one by one
Cate o feijão antes de o cozinhar.
- 6
to find
Catei esse vídeo no YouTube.
noun
- 1
masculinea train of camels
noun
- 1
masculinerarealternative form of cátaro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país do sudoeste da Ásia, na península arábica, que faz fronteiras com a Arábia Saudita e os Emiratos Árabes Unidos, e é banhado pelo Golfo Pérsico; sua capital é Doha
verb: 1. pegar, colher, recolher
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 catar
- cato first-person present singular
- catei first-person preterite singular
- catado participle past
- catares infinitive second-person singular
- catarmos first-person infinitive plural
- catardes infinitive plural second-person
- catarem infinitive plural third-person
- catando gerund
- catados masculine participle past
- catada feminine participle past
- catadas feminine participle past
- catas indicative present second-person
- cata indicative present singular
- catamos first-person indicative plural
- catais indicative plural present
- catam indicative plural present
- catava first-person imperfect indicative
- catavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catar?
- Brazil /kaˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kaˈta(h)]
- /kaˈta(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 catar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catar in Portuguese?
catar appears 4.9 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).