intercalar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.teʁ.kaˈlaʁ/
intercalar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to intercalate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inserir no meio; alternar”.
What does intercalar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineintercalary
verb
- 1
to intercalate
- 2
to alternate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é intercalado, alternado 2. que fica dentro de um ciclo ou que o interrompe
verb: 1. inserir no meio; alternar
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 intercalar
- intercalares plural
- intercalo first-person present singular
- intercalei first-person preterite singular
- intercalado participle past
- intercalarmos first-person infinitive plural
- intercalardes infinitive plural second-person
- intercalarem infinitive plural third-person
- intercalando gerund
- intercalados masculine participle past
- intercalada feminine participle past
- intercaladas feminine participle past
- intercalas indicative present second-person
- intercala indicative present singular
- intercalamos first-person indicative plural
- intercalais indicative plural present
- intercalam indicative plural present
- intercalava first-person imperfect indicative
- intercalavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercalar?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.kaˈlah]
- /ĩ.teɾ.kaˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intercalar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intercalar in Portuguese?
intercalar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).