instar
Portuguese, noun/ĩsˈta(ʁ)/
instar is spelled I-N-S-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does instar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to urge
- 2
to insist [with por ‘on’], to ask insistently for
- 3
to question insistently, to interrogate
- 4
to be imminent, to lurk
- 5
to be urgent or necessary
noun
- 1
masculineinstar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pedir 2. solicitar com instância 3. estar eminente
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 instar
- insto first-person present singular
- instei first-person preterite singular
- instado participle past
- instares infinitive second-person singular
- instarmos first-person infinitive plural
- instardes infinitive plural second-person
- instarem infinitive plural third-person
- instando gerund
- instados masculine participle past
- instada feminine participle past
- instadas feminine participle past
- instas indicative present second-person
- insta indicative present singular
- instamos first-person indicative plural
- instais indicative plural present
- instam indicative plural present
- instava first-person imperfect indicative
- instavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instar?
- Brazil /ĩsˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩsˈta(h)]
- /ĩsˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is instar in Portuguese?
instar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).