interpelar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.teʁ.peˈla(ʁ)/
interpelar is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interpelar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to question, to interrogate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does interpelar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to question, to interrogate
- 2
to interpellate
- 3
to apostrophize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of interpelar
- interpelo first-person present singular
- interpelei first-person preterite singular
- interpelado participle past
- interpelares infinitive second-person singular
- interpelarmos first-person infinitive plural
- interpelardes infinitive plural second-person
- interpelarem infinitive plural third-person
- interpelando gerund
- interpelados masculine participle past
- interpelada feminine participle past
- interpeladas feminine participle past
- interpelas indicative present second-person
- interpela indicative present singular
- interpelamos first-person indicative plural
- interpelais indicative plural present
- interpelam indicative plural present
- interpelava first-person imperfect indicative
- interpelavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interpelar?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.peˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.peˈla(h)]
- /ĩ.teɾ.peˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interpelar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interpelar in Portuguese?
interpelar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).