empatar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.paˈta(ʁ)/
empatar is spelled E-M-P-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empatar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to draw, to tie (to have the same result in a competition or voting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter os pontos iguais aos do adversário”.
What does empatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to draw, to tie (to have the same result in a competition or voting)
- 2
to tie up (to immobilize a capital)
- 3
to hinder, to stalemate
- 4
to occupy one's time
- 5
Brazilto annoy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter os pontos iguais aos do adversário 2. embaraçar, impedir, dificultar
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 empatar
- empato first-person present singular
- empatei first-person preterite singular
- empatado participle past
- empatares infinitive second-person singular
- empatarmos first-person infinitive plural
- empatardes infinitive plural second-person
- empatarem infinitive plural third-person
- empatando gerund
- empatados masculine participle past
- empatada feminine participle past
- empatadas feminine participle past
- empatas indicative present second-person
- empata indicative present singular
- empatamos first-person indicative plural
- empatais indicative plural present
- empatam indicative plural present
- empatava first-person imperfect indicative
- empatavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empatar?
- Brazil /ẽ.paˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.paˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.paˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empatar in Portuguese?
empatar appears 3.2 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).