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-entar

Portuguese, suffix/ẽˈta(ʁ)/

-entar is spelled E-N-T-A-R (5 letters). -entar is a Portuguese suffix meaning “postpositive formation suffix of verbal character, which occurs in verbs with a factitive or causative meaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does -entar mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    postpositive formation suffix of verbal character, which occurs in verbs with a factitive or causative meaning

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

How do you pronounce -entar?

  • Brazil /ẽˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ẽˈta(h)]
  • /ẽˈta(ɾ)/

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

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