chatear
Portuguese, verb/ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
chatear is spelled C-H-A-T-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chatear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to annoy, pester, peeve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “maçar, importunar”.
What does chatear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to annoy, pester, peeve
- 2
to bore
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. maçar, importunar 2. agachar-se 3. andar junto ao chão 4. aborrecer-se
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 chatear
- chateio first-person present singular
- chateei first-person preterite singular
- chateado participle past
- chateares infinitive second-person singular
- chatearmos first-person infinitive plural
- chateardes infinitive plural second-person
- chatearem infinitive plural third-person
- chateando gerund
- chateados masculine participle past
- chateada feminine participle past
- chateadas feminine participle past
- chateias indicative present second-person
- chateia indicative present singular
- chateamos first-person indicative plural
- chateais indicative plural present
- chateiam indicative plural present
- chateava first-person imperfect indicative
- chateavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chatear?
- Brazil /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʃa.t͡ʃiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʃaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chatear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chatear in Portuguese?
chatear appears 3.7 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).