detonar
Portuguese, verb/de.toˈna(ʁ)/
detonar is spelled D-E-T-O-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detonar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to detonate; to explode” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrondear”.
What does detonar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detonate; to explode
- 2
to detonate; to cause to explode
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estrondear 2. explodir 3. apresentar uma performance que impressiona muito
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 detonar
- detono first-person present singular
- detonei first-person preterite singular
- detonado participle past
- detonares infinitive second-person singular
- detonarmos first-person infinitive plural
- detonardes infinitive plural second-person
- detonarem infinitive plural third-person
- detonando gerund
- detonados masculine participle past
- detonada feminine participle past
- detonadas feminine participle past
- detonas indicative present second-person
- detona indicative present singular
- detonamos first-person indicative plural
- detonais indicative plural present
- detonam indicative plural present
- detonava first-person imperfect indicative
- detonavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detonar?
- Brazil /de.toˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.toˈna(h)]
- /de.toˈna(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 detonar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detonar in Portuguese?
detonar appears 1.3 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).