gatinhar
Portuguese, verb/ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
gatinhar is spelled G-A-T-I-N-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gatinhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to crawl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “andar de gatas”.
What does gatinhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crawl
O bebé já começou a gatinhar!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. andar de gatas 2. engatinhar
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 gatinhar
- gatinho first-person present singular
- gatinhei first-person preterite singular
- gatinhado participle past
- gatinhares infinitive second-person singular
- gatinharmos first-person infinitive plural
- gatinhardes infinitive plural second-person
- gatinharem infinitive plural third-person
- gatinhando gerund
- gatinhados masculine participle past
- gatinhada feminine participle past
- gatinhadas feminine participle past
- gatinhas indicative present second-person
- gatinha indicative present singular
- gatinhamos first-person indicative plural
- gatinhais indicative plural present
- gatinham indicative plural present
- gatinhava first-person imperfect indicative
- gatinhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gatinhar?
- Brazil /ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈj̃a(h)]
- /ɡa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gatinhar in Portuguese?
gatinhar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).