debater
Portuguese, verb/de.baˈte(ʁ)/
debater is spelled D-E-B-A-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debater is a Portuguese verb meaning “to debate, discuss, dispute, contest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “discutir”.
What does debater mean in English?
verb
- 1
to debate, discuss, dispute, contest
- 2
to flounder (to flop around)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. discutir 2. disputar 3. contestar 4. agitar-se com violência procurando resistir ou desprender-se
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 debater
- debato first-person present singular
- debati first-person preterite singular
- debatido participle past
- debateres infinitive second-person singular
- debatermos first-person infinitive plural
- debaterdes infinitive plural second-person
- debaterem infinitive plural third-person
- debatendo gerund
- debatidos masculine participle past
- debatida feminine participle past
- debatidas feminine participle past
- debates indicative present second-person
- debate indicative present singular
- debatemos first-person indicative plural
- debateis indicative plural present
- debatem indicative plural present
- debatia first-person imperfect indicative
- debatias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debater?
- Brazil /de.baˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.baˈte(h)]
- /de.baˈte(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 debater
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is debater in Portuguese?
debater appears 9.1 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).