entalar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.taˈla(ʁ)/
entalar is spelled E-N-T-A-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to immobilize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “meter entre talas”.
What does entalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to immobilize
- 2
to get stuck; to jam
- 3
to put oneself into trouble
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. meter entre talas 2. trilhar 3. pôr em lugar apertado 4. colocar(-se) em passagem estreita
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 entalar
- entalo first-person present singular
- entalei first-person preterite singular
- entalado participle past
- entalares infinitive second-person singular
- entalarmos first-person infinitive plural
- entalardes infinitive plural second-person
- entalarem infinitive plural third-person
- entalando gerund
- entalados masculine participle past
- entalada feminine participle past
- entaladas feminine participle past
- entalas indicative present second-person
- entala indicative present singular
- entalamos first-person indicative plural
- entalais indicative plural present
- entalam indicative plural present
- entalava first-person imperfect indicative
- entalavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entalar?
- Brazil /ẽ.taˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.taˈla(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.taˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entalar in Portuguese?
entalar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).