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executar

Portuguese, verb/e.ze.kuˈta(ʁ)/

executar is spelled E-X-E-C-U-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Executar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to carry out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer”.

What does executar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to carry out

  2. 2

    to execute (kill as punishment)

  3. 3

    to run a software

  4. 4

    to play music

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. fazer 2. matar 3. interpretar uma peça musical 4. rodar um programa de computador

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 executar

  • executo first-person present singular
  • executei first-person preterite singular
  • executado participle past
  • executares infinitive second-person singular
  • executarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • executardes infinitive plural second-person
  • executarem infinitive plural third-person
  • executando gerund
  • executados masculine participle past
  • executada feminine participle past
  • executadas feminine participle past
  • executas indicative present second-person
  • executa indicative present singular
  • executamos first-person indicative plural
  • executais indicative plural present
  • executam indicative plural present
  • executava first-person imperfect indicative
  • executavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce executar?

  • Brazil /e.ze.kuˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [e.ze.kuˈta(h)]
  • /e.ze.kuˈta(ɾ)/

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

English words that translate to executar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is executar in Portuguese?

executar appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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