distar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒisˈta(ʁ)/
distar is spelled D-I-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese, the 244,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be far” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estar ou ser distante”.
What does distar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be far
A minha casa dista do centro.
- 2
to differ (to be different)
O teu plano não dista muito do meu.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estar ou ser distante 2. divergir
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 distar
- disto first-person present singular
- distei first-person preterite singular
- distado participle past
- distares infinitive second-person singular
- distarmos first-person infinitive plural
- distardes infinitive plural second-person
- distarem infinitive plural third-person
- distando gerund
- distados masculine participle past
- distada feminine participle past
- distadas feminine participle past
- distas indicative present second-person
- dista indicative present singular
- distamos first-person indicative plural
- distais indicative plural present
- distam indicative plural present
- distava first-person imperfect indicative
- distavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒisˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒisˈta(h)]
- /d͡ʒisˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is distar in Portuguese?
distar appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).