engatinhar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
engatinhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to crawl, as baby does (to move along the ground on hands and knees)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gatinhar, andar de gatinhas, andar de quatro”.
What does engatinhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crawl, as baby does (to move along the ground on hands and knees)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gatinhar, andar de gatinhas, andar de quatro 2. começar o aprendizado em algo
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 engatinhar
- engatinho first-person present singular
- engatinhei first-person preterite singular
- engatinhado participle past
- engatinhares infinitive second-person singular
- engatinharmos first-person infinitive plural
- engatinhardes infinitive plural second-person
- engatinharem infinitive plural third-person
- engatinhando gerund
- engatinhados masculine participle past
- engatinhada feminine participle past
- engatinhadas feminine participle past
- engatinhas indicative present second-person
- engatinha indicative present singular
- engatinhamos first-person indicative plural
- engatinhais indicative plural present
- engatinham indicative plural present
- engatinhava first-person imperfect indicative
- engatinhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engatinhar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈj̃a(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engatinhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engatinhar in Portuguese?
engatinhar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).