decantar
Portuguese, verb/de.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
decantar is spelled D-E-C-A-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decantar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to decant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does decantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elogiar com cantos ou versos; enaltecer, louvar 2. predizer o futuro, vaticinar
noun: 1. separar por sedimentação as impurezas que estão em suspensão em um líquido; filtrar um líquido; trasfegar um líquido para separar dele os sedimentos ou partículas 2. livrar de impurezas o caldo de cana 3. desembocar, desaguar um rio ou ribeiro em 4. purificar uma pessoa
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 decantar
- decanto first-person present singular
- decantei first-person preterite singular
- decantado participle past
- decantares infinitive second-person singular
- decantarmos first-person infinitive plural
- decantardes infinitive plural second-person
- decantarem infinitive plural third-person
- decantando gerund
- decantados masculine participle past
- decantada feminine participle past
- decantadas feminine participle past
- decantas indicative present second-person
- decanta indicative present singular
- decantamos first-person indicative plural
- decantais indicative plural present
- decantam indicative plural present
- decantava first-person imperfect indicative
- decantavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decantar?
- Brazil /de.kɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.kɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- /de.kɐ̃ˈta(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 decantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decantar in Portuguese?
decantar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).