encetar
/ẽ.sɨ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“encetar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar início a (algo); começar, iniciar, principiar
Corpus desk
Index PT-encetar · encetar · Portuguese
encetar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encetar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.sɨ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “encetar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
encetar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.sɨ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
encetar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is encetar, spelled E-N-C-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar início a (algo); começar, iniciar, principiar
- 2tirar parte de (algo que estava inteiro)
- 3fazer ou experimentar algo em primeiro lugar ou pela primeira vez; estrear
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encetar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Encetar um escrito.
Encetar o bolo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.