citar
Portuguese, verb/siˈta(ʁ)/
citar is spelled C-I-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,830th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Citar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to summon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “provocar (o toiro) para realizar qualquer sorte tauromáquica”.
What does citar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to summon
- 2
to cite, quote (refer to a statement that has been made by someone else)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. provocar (o toiro) para realizar qualquer sorte tauromáquica 2. mencionar 3. dar referência ao texto de outra pessoa
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 citar
- cito first-person present singular
- citei first-person preterite singular
- citado participle past
- citares infinitive second-person singular
- citarmos first-person infinitive plural
- citardes infinitive plural second-person
- citarem infinitive plural third-person
- citando gerund
- citados masculine participle past
- citada feminine participle past
- citadas feminine participle past
- citas indicative present second-person
- cita indicative present singular
- citamos first-person indicative plural
- citais indicative plural present
- citam indicative plural present
- citava first-person imperfect indicative
- citavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce citar?
- Brazil /siˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [siˈta(h)]
- /siˈta(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 citar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is citar in Portuguese?
citar appears 13 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).