colapsar

verb

The verdict

“colapsar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,432 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,432
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sofrer um colapso (intransitivo)

Key facts for colapsar
PropertyValue
Headwordcolapsar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,432
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “colapsar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). colapsar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colapsar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,432 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for colapsar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is colapsar, spelled C-O-L-A-P-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    sofrer um colapso (intransitivo)
  2. 2
    causar um colapso (transitivo)
  3. 3
    ter uma quebra ou diminuição súbita na força vital, no vigor, no estado físico geral ou no autocontrole, em razão de causas físicas ou psicogênicas (intransitivo)
  4. 4
    alterar-se de maneira abrupta e danosa; falhar subitamente; aniquilar-se; arruinar-se; desintegrar-se (intransitivo)
  5. 5
    fazer perder ou perder a turgescência; murchar (transitivo)

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colapsar"?
"colapsar" is spelled C-O-L-A-P-S-A-R.
What does "colapsar" mean?
As a verb, "colapsar" means: sofrer um colapso (intransitivo)
What language does "colapsar" come from?
"colapsar" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “colapsar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-L-A-P-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list