notar
Portuguese, verb/noˈta(ʁ)/
notar is spelled N-O-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,891st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to notice; to observe; to take notice (to see or realise something previously unknown or unseen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “marcar”.
What does notar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notice; to observe; to take notice (to see or realise something previously unknown or unseen)
Notem que a porta está fechada.
- 2
to note (to record in writing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. marcar 2. tomar nota de 3. observar 4. assinalar
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 notar
- noto first-person present singular
- notei first-person preterite singular
- notado participle past
- notares infinitive second-person singular
- notarmos first-person infinitive plural
- notardes infinitive plural second-person
- notarem infinitive plural third-person
- notando gerund
- notados masculine participle past
- notada feminine participle past
- notadas feminine participle past
- notas indicative present second-person
- nota indicative present singular
- notamos first-person indicative plural
- notais indicative plural present
- notam indicative plural present
- notava first-person imperfect indicative
- notavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce notar?
- Brazil /noˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [noˈta(h)]
- /noˈta(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 notar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is notar in Portuguese?
notar appears 17 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).