danar
The verdict
“danar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #90,874 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,874
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - provocar dano, estragar, prejudicar
Corpus desk
Index PT-danar · danar · Portuguese
danar · rank #90,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,874
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH cátodo
Nearest frequency peer: cátodo (-2 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “danar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cátodo
cátodo
9,129 corpus weight
- danar
danar
9,127 corpus weight
- decepar
decepar
9,123 corpus weight
- deficitário
deficitário
9,116 corpus weight
- delon
delon
9,112 corpus weight
- desapropriar
desapropriar
9,106 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “danar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | danar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “danar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
danar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #90,874 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for danar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is danar, spelled D-A-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1provocar dano, estragar, prejudicar
- 2causar cólera, irritar, irar
- 3provocar hidrofobia, tornar hidrófobo
- 4sair prejudicado, perder
- 5encolerizar-se, irritar-se
- 6esforçar-se, lutar por
- 7contagiar-se de hidrofobia
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how danar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que não é caso novo / Sentirem todos o que a todos dana
Cachorro de rua, então, que dana enquanto o tinhoso esfrega o olho!
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.
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