exercitar
Portuguese, verb/e.zeʁ.siˈta(ʁ)/
exercitar is spelled E-X-E-R-C-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exercitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to exercise (to perform an activity designed to hone a skill)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “praticar”.
What does exercitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exercise (to perform an activity designed to hone a skill)
Ler exercita o cérebro.
- 2
to work out (perform physical exercise)
Foi à academia para se exercitar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. praticar 2. cultivar 3. exercer
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 exercitar
- exercito first-person present singular
- exercitei first-person preterite singular
- exercitado participle past
- exercitares infinitive second-person singular
- exercitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- exercitardes infinitive plural second-person
- exercitarem infinitive plural third-person
- exercitando gerund
- exercitados masculine participle past
- exercitada feminine participle past
- exercitadas feminine participle past
- exercitas indicative present second-person
- exercita indicative present singular
- exercitamos first-person indicative plural
- exercitais indicative plural present
- exercitam indicative plural present
- exercitava first-person imperfect indicative
- exercitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exercitar?
- Brazil /e.zeʁ.siˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.zeh.siˈta(h)]
- Portugal /i.zɨɾ.si.ˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exercitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exercitar in Portuguese?
exercitar appears 2.8 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).