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marretar

Portuguese, verb/ma.ʁeˈta(ʁ)/

marretar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to strike with a sledgehammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does marretar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to strike with a sledgehammer

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of marretar

  • marreto first-person present singular
  • marretei first-person preterite singular
  • marretado participle past
  • marretares infinitive second-person singular
  • marretarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • marretardes infinitive plural second-person
  • marretarem infinitive plural third-person
  • marretando gerund
  • marretados masculine participle past
  • marretada feminine participle past
  • marretadas feminine participle past
  • marretas indicative present second-person
  • marreta indicative present singular
  • marretamos first-person indicative plural
  • marretais indicative plural present
  • marretam indicative plural present
  • marretava first-person imperfect indicative
  • marretavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce marretar?

  • Brazil /ma.ʁeˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ma.heˈta(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is marretar in Portuguese?

marretar appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).