militar
Portuguese, noun/mi.liˈta(ʁ)/
militar is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 597th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Militar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a member of the military or of a military government; military serviceman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que trabalha numa das forças armadas”.
What does militar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemilitary (relating to war or armed forces)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea member of the military or of a military government; military serviceman
verb
- 1
to militate
- 2
slangto engage in activism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo às forças armadas
noun: 1. pessoa que trabalha numa das forças armadas
verb: 1. seguir a carreira militar 2. trabalhar por uma causa
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 militar
- militares plural
- milito first-person present singular
- militei first-person preterite singular
- militado participle past
- militarmos first-person infinitive plural
- militardes infinitive plural second-person
- militarem infinitive plural third-person
- militando gerund
- militados masculine participle past
- militada feminine participle past
- militadas feminine participle past
- militas indicative present second-person
- milita indicative present singular
- militamos first-person indicative plural
- militais indicative plural present
- militam indicative plural present
- militava first-person imperfect indicative
- militavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce militar?
- Brazil /mi.liˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mi.liˈta(h)]
- /mi.liˈta(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 militar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is militar in Portuguese?
militar appears 162 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).