matutar
Portuguese, verb/ma.tuˈta(ʁ)/
matutar is spelled M-A-T-U-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matutar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to think about something, to meditate, to reflect, to ponder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pensar demoradamente sobre”.
What does matutar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to think about something, to meditate, to reflect, to ponder
- 2
to have a fixed, stubborn idea, to insist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pensar demoradamente sobre 2. planejar, arquitetar
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 matutar
- matuto first-person present singular
- matutei first-person preterite singular
- matutado participle past
- matutares infinitive second-person singular
- matutarmos first-person infinitive plural
- matutardes infinitive plural second-person
- matutarem infinitive plural third-person
- matutando gerund
- matutados masculine participle past
- matutada feminine participle past
- matutadas feminine participle past
- matutas indicative present second-person
- matuta indicative present singular
- matutamos first-person indicative plural
- matutais indicative plural present
- matutam indicative plural present
- matutava first-person imperfect indicative
- matutavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matutar?
- Brazil /ma.tuˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.tuˈta(h)]
- /ma.tuˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is matutar in Portuguese?
matutar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).