disputar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒis.puˈta(ʁ)/
disputar is spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disputar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to discuss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lutar por algo”.
What does disputar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discuss
- 2
to dispute
- 3
to compete (competition, business)
A equipa vai disputar o lugar no campeonato
- 4
to contest (election)
A candidata pretende disputar as eleições no próximo ano
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. lutar por algo 2. concorrer (a uma vaga, por exemplo) 3. ter discussão
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 disputar
- disputo first-person present singular
- disputei first-person preterite singular
- disputado participle past
- disputares infinitive second-person singular
- disputarmos first-person infinitive plural
- disputardes infinitive plural second-person
- disputarem infinitive plural third-person
- disputando gerund
- disputados masculine participle past
- disputada feminine participle past
- disputadas feminine participle past
- disputas indicative present second-person
- disputa indicative present singular
- disputamos first-person indicative plural
- disputais indicative plural present
- disputam indicative plural present
- disputava first-person imperfect indicative
- disputavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce disputar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.puˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.puˈta(h)]
- /d͡ʒis.puˈta(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 disputar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disputar in Portuguese?
disputar appears 11 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).