interceptar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/
interceptar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interceptar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to intercept (catch something before it reaches its target)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr obstáculo entre ou no meio de”.
What does interceptar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intercept (catch something before it reaches its target)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr obstáculo entre ou no meio de 2. interromper no seu curso, na sua trajetória; deter, fazer parar 3. impedir ou obstruir a passagem de 4. cortar
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 interceptar
- intercepto first-person present singular
- interceptei first-person preterite singular
- interceptado participle past
- interceptares infinitive second-person singular
- interceptarmos first-person infinitive plural
- interceptardes infinitive plural second-person
- interceptarem infinitive plural third-person
- interceptando gerund
- interceptados masculine participle past
- interceptada feminine participle past
- interceptadas feminine participle past
- interceptas indicative present second-person
- intercepta indicative present singular
- interceptamos first-person indicative plural
- interceptais indicative plural present
- interceptam indicative plural present
- interceptava first-person imperfect indicative
- interceptavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interceptar?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.sepˈta(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.se.piˈta(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interceptar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interceptar in Portuguese?
interceptar appears 1.3 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).