destacar
Portuguese, verb/des.taˈka(ʁ)/
destacar is spelled D-E-S-T-A-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destacar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to highlight, to underline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enviar em destacamento”.
What does destacar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to highlight, to underline
A frase a qual nos referimos está destacada.
- 2
to detach (or send on detachment)
Por favor, destaque o adesivo.
- 3
to stand out (to be noticeable among many)
Destacava-se pelo seu trabalho excepcional.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. enviar em destacamento 2. pôr em evidência, salientar 3. distinguir-se, fazer-se notado
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 destacar
- destaco first-person present singular
- destaquei first-person preterite singular
- destacado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- destacares infinitive second-person singular
- destacarmos first-person infinitive plural
- destacardes infinitive plural second-person
- destacarem infinitive plural third-person
- destacando gerund
- destacados masculine participle past
- destacada feminine participle past
- destacadas feminine participle past
- destacas indicative present second-person
- destaca indicative present singular
- destacamos first-person indicative plural
- destacais indicative plural present
- destacam indicative plural present
- destacava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destacar?
- Brazil /des.taˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.taˈka(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.taˈka(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destacar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destacar in Portuguese?
destacar appears 16 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).