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emplacar

Portuguese, verb/ẽ.plaˈka(ʁ)/

emplacar is spelled E-M-P-L-A-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emplacar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put a (license) plate on a car” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does emplacar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Brazilto put a (license) plate on a car

  2. 2

    Brazilto institute

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of emplacar

  • emplaco first-person present singular
  • emplaquei first-person preterite singular
  • emplacado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • emplacares infinitive second-person singular
  • emplacarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • emplacardes infinitive plural second-person
  • emplacarem infinitive plural third-person
  • emplacando gerund
  • emplacados masculine participle past
  • emplacada feminine participle past
  • emplacadas feminine participle past
  • emplacas indicative present second-person
  • emplaca indicative present singular
  • emplacamos first-person indicative plural
  • emplacais indicative plural present
  • emplacam indicative plural present
  • emplacava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce emplacar?

  • Brazil /ẽ.plaˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ẽ.plaˈka(h)]
  • Brazil /ĩ.plaˈka(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is emplacar in Portuguese?

emplacar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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