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frequentar

Portuguese, verb

frequentar is spelled F-R-E-Q-U-E-N-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frequentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to frequent, attend, visit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, freqüentar is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, freqùentar is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of frequentar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ir repetidas vezes a qualquer lugar”.

What does frequentar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to frequent, attend, visit

verb

as freqüentar
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of frequentar; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling

verb

as freqùentar
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of frequentar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ir repetidas vezes a qualquer lugar 2. conviver constantemente com; ver alguém amiudadas vezes; viver na intimidade de 3. consultar amiúde uma obra ou um autor 4. cursar

verb: 1. grafia obsoleta de frequentar

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 frequentar

  • freqüento first-person present singular
  • freqüentei first-person preterite singular
  • freqüentado participle past
  • freqüentares infinitive second-person singular
  • freqüentarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • freqüentardes infinitive plural second-person
  • freqüentarem infinitive plural third-person
  • freqüentando gerund
  • freqüentados masculine participle past
  • freqüentada feminine participle past
  • freqüentadas feminine participle past
  • freqüentas indicative present second-person
  • freqüenta indicative present singular
  • freqüentamos first-person indicative plural
  • freqüentais indicative plural present
  • freqüentam indicative plural present
  • freqüentava first-person imperfect indicative
  • freqüentavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

English words that translate to frequentar

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

How common is frequentar in Portuguese?

frequentar appears 5.2 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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