galgar
/ɡaɫ.ˈɡaɾ/
The verdict
“galgar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,754 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,754
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - saltar por cima de
Corpus desk
Index PT-galgar · galgar · Portuguese
galgar · rank #97,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,754
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gamado
Nearest frequency peer: gamado (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “galgar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- futurologia
futurologia
2,252 corpus weight
- galgar
galgar
2,247 corpus weight
- gamado
gamado
2,246 corpus weight
- gather
gather
2,241 corpus weight
- genciana
genciana
2,237 corpus weight
- ginja
ginja
2,233 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “galgar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | galgar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡaɫ.ˈɡaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “galgar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
galgar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,754 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɡaɫ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for galgar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is galgar, spelled G-A-L-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1saltar por cima de
- 2transpor, percorrer
- 3andar em grande velocidade
- 4chegar a uma posição elevada
- 5atingir
- 6tornar plano
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how galgar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pretendo galgar às posições da empresa até o cargo de gerente.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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