engatilhar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡa.t͡ʃiˈʎa(ʁ)/
engatilhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cock (to lift the cock of a firearm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “armar o gatilho; preparar para o disparo”.
What does engatilhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cock (to lift the cock of a firearm)
- 2
to prepare
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. armar o gatilho; preparar para o disparo 2. preparar, ficar pronto 3. disparar mecanismos de trauma
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 engatilhar
- engatilho first-person present singular
- engatilhei first-person preterite singular
- engatilhado participle past
- engatilhares infinitive second-person singular
- engatilharmos first-person infinitive plural
- engatilhardes infinitive plural second-person
- engatilharem infinitive plural third-person
- engatilhando gerund
- engatilhados masculine participle past
- engatilhada feminine participle past
- engatilhadas feminine participle past
- engatilhas indicative present second-person
- engatilha indicative present singular
- engatilhamos first-person indicative plural
- engatilhais indicative plural present
- engatilham indicative plural present
- engatilhava first-person imperfect indicative
- engatilhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engatilhar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡa.t͡ʃiˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡa.t͡ʃiˈʎa(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡa.t͡ʃiˈʎa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engatilhar in Portuguese?
engatilhar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).