flutuar
Portuguese, verb/flu.tuˈa(ʁ)/
flutuar is spelled F-L-U-T-U-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flutuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to float” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “manter(-se) no ar, sem tocar o solo”.
What does flutuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to float
- 2
to fluctuate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. manter(-se) no ar, sem tocar o solo 2. boiar, vogar sobre as ondas 3. tremular ao vento; vacilar 4. hesitar; estar indeciso
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 flutuar
- flutuo first-person present singular
- flutuei first-person preterite singular
- flutuado participle past
- flutuares infinitive second-person singular
- flutuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- flutuardes infinitive plural second-person
- flutuarem infinitive plural third-person
- flutuando gerund
- flutuados masculine participle past
- flutuada feminine participle past
- flutuadas feminine participle past
- flutuas indicative present second-person
- flutua indicative present singular
- flutuamos first-person indicative plural
- flutuais indicative plural present
- flutuam indicative plural present
- flutuava first-person imperfect indicative
- flutuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flutuar?
- Brazil /flu.tuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [flu.tuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /fluˈtwa(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 flutuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flutuar in Portuguese?
flutuar appears 1.5 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).