# empatar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /ẽ.pɐ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #16,503

## Definitions
1. ter os pontos iguais aos do adversário
2. embaraçar, impedir, dificultar

## Easily confused with
- **empatia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/empatar-vs-empatia)
- **espetar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/empatar-vs-espetar)
- **engatar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/empatar-vs-engatar)
- **embalar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/embalar-vs-empatar)
- **empatado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/empatado-vs-empatar)

## Common misspellings (10)
`emaptar`, `emmpatar`, `empaatr`, `empatarr`, `empatra`, `empattar`, `emppatar`, `emptaar`, `epmatar`, `mepatar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/empatar