moitar
Portuguese, verb/mojˈta(ʁ)/
moitar is spelled M-O-I-T-A-R (6 letters). Moitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to keep mum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “calar o que se sabe; ficar na moita”.
What does moitar mean in English?
verb
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Brazilcolloquialto keep mum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. calar o que se sabe; ficar na moita
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 moitar
- moito first-person present singular
- moitei first-person preterite singular
- moitado participle past
- moitares infinitive second-person singular
- moitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- moitardes infinitive plural second-person
- moitarem infinitive plural third-person
- moitando gerund
- moitados masculine participle past
- moitada feminine participle past
- moitadas feminine participle past
- moitas indicative present second-person
- moita indicative present singular
- moitamos first-person indicative plural
- moitais indicative plural present
- moitam indicative plural present
- moitava first-person imperfect indicative
- moitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moitar?
- Brazil /mojˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [moɪ̯ˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.