estagnar

/es.tɐg.ˈnaɾ/, /ɪs.tɐ.gɪ.ˈna/

//es.tɐg.ˈnaɾ/, /ɪs.tɐ.gɪ.ˈna// verb

The verdict

“estagnar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,716 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,716
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deixar de correr, ficar retido

Corpus desk

Index PT-estagnar · estagnar · Portuguese

estagnar · rank #95,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,716
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH estratosférico

Nearest frequency peer: estratosférico (+4 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “estagnar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “estagnar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estagnar
PropertyValue
Headwordestagnar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/es.tɐg.ˈnaɾ/, /ɪs.tɐ.gɪ.ˈna/
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “estagnar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.estagnarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “estratosférico” (#95,720), “esculhambação” (#95,709), “eutrofização” (#95,725). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “estagnar” fica em #95,716. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estagnar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,716 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /es.tɐg.ˈnaɾ/, /ɪs.tɐ.gɪ.ˈna/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for estagnar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is estagnar, spelled E-S-T-A-G-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deixar de correr, ficar retido
  2. 2
    impedir o fluxo de
  3. 3
    deter a evolução de

Synonyms

Antonyms

desestagnar

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "estagnar"?
"estagnar" is spelled E-S-T-A-G-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /es.tɐg.ˈnaɾ/, /ɪs.tɐ.gɪ.ˈna/.
What does "estagnar" mean?
As a verb, "estagnar" means: deixar de correr, ficar retido
How do you pronounce "estagnar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estagnar" is /es.tɐg.ˈnaɾ/, /ɪs.tɐ.gɪ.ˈna/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estagnar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list