empate
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/
empate is spelled E-M-P-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,891st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empate is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “draw; tie (situation in which the participants of a competition have equal scores)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of empatar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de empatar”.
What does empate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedraw; tie (situation in which the participants of a competition have equal scores)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de empatar 2. situação de inexistência de vencedor em jogo, disputa ou votação 3. falta de decisão; irresolução 4. emprego de recursos, tempo etc.; aplicação, investimento
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo empatar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo empatar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo empatar
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 empate
- empates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empate?
- Brazil /ẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ẽˈpa.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empate in Portuguese?
empate appears 17 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).