experimentar
Portuguese, verb/is.pe.ɾi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
experimentar is spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-M-E-N-T-A-R (12 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Experimentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to experience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “verificar recorrendo à experiência; ensaiar; tentar”.
What does experimentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to experience
- 2
to experiment
- 3
to try (taste of food, fit of clothing etc.)
- 4
to attempt
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. verificar recorrendo à experiência; ensaiar; tentar 2. pôr à prova; analisar 3. exercitar-se
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 experimentar
- experimento first-person present singular
- experimentei first-person preterite singular
- experimentado participle past
- experimentares infinitive second-person singular
- experimentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- experimentardes infinitive plural second-person
- experimentarem infinitive plural third-person
- experimentando gerund
- experimentados masculine participle past
- experimentada feminine participle past
- experimentadas feminine participle past
- experimentas indicative present second-person
- experimenta indicative present singular
- experimentamos first-person indicative plural
- experimentais indicative plural present
- experimentam indicative plural present
- experimentava first-person imperfect indicative
- experimentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce experimentar?
- Brazil /is.pe.ɾi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.pe.ɾi.mẽˈta(h)]
- Brazil /es.pe.ɾi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to experimentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is experimentar in Portuguese?
experimentar appears 16 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).