costear

/kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/

//kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ// verb

The verdict

“costear” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rodear

Corpus desk

Index PT-costear · costear · Portuguese

costear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for costear
PropertyValue
Headwordcostear
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “costear” em português

costearnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

costear is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for costear, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is costear, spelled C-O-S-T-E-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    rodear
  2. 2
    seguir de perto
  3. 3
    navegar junto à costa de
  4. 4
    arrebanhar (o gado), ou habituá-lo a reunir-se em certos pontos da fazenda
  5. 5
    prender (o gado) em curral por determinado período
  6. 6
    navegar junto à costa

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "costear"?
"costear" is spelled C-O-S-T-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/.
What does "costear" mean?
As a verb, "costear" means: rodear
How do you pronounce "costear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costear" is /kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costear" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list