coletar
Portuguese, verb/ko.leˈta(ʁ)/
coletar is spelled C-O-L-E-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coletar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to collect, gather” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colher, arrecadar”.
What does coletar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collect, gather
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. colher, arrecadar 2. fazer a coleta (de dinheiro ou outros bens) 3. obter recursos naturais sem cultivá-los
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 coletar
- coleto first-person present singular
- coletei first-person preterite singular
- coletado participle past
- coletares infinitive second-person singular
- coletarmos first-person infinitive plural
- coletardes infinitive plural second-person
- coletarem infinitive plural third-person
- coletando gerund
- coletados masculine participle past
- coletada feminine participle past
- coletadas feminine participle past
- coletas indicative present second-person
- coleta indicative present singular
- coletamos first-person indicative plural
- coletais indicative plural present
- coletam indicative plural present
- coletava first-person imperfect indicative
- coletavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coletar?
- Brazil /ko.leˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ko.leˈta(h)]
- /ko.leˈta(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 coletar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coletar in Portuguese?
coletar appears 6.5 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).