complementar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.ple.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
complementar is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R (12 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complementar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to complement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “completar”.
What does complementar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecomplementary
verb
- 1
to complement
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que complementa
verb: 1. completar
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 complementar
- complementares plural
- complemento first-person present singular
- complementei first-person preterite singular
- complementado participle past
- complementarmos first-person infinitive plural
- complementardes infinitive plural second-person
- complementarem infinitive plural third-person
- complementando gerund
- complementados masculine participle past
- complementada feminine participle past
- complementadas feminine participle past
- complementas indicative present second-person
- complementa indicative present singular
- complementamos first-person indicative plural
- complementais indicative plural present
- complementam indicative plural present
- complementava first-person imperfect indicative
- complementavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complementar?
- Brazil /kõ.ple.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.ple.mẽˈta(h)]
- /kõ.ple.mẽˈta(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 complementar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complementar in Portuguese?
complementar appears 8.9 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).