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palhetar

Portuguese, verb/pa.ʎeˈta(ʁ)/

palhetar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pick (an instrument), to play (an instrument) with a pick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does palhetar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to pick (an instrument), to play (an instrument) with a pick

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

Forms of palhetar

  • palheto first-person present singular
  • palhetei first-person preterite singular
  • palhetado participle past
  • palhetares infinitive second-person singular
  • palhetarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • palhetardes infinitive plural second-person
  • palhetarem infinitive plural third-person
  • palhetando gerund
  • palhetados masculine participle past
  • palhetada feminine participle past
  • palhetadas feminine participle past
  • palhetas indicative present second-person
  • palheta indicative present singular
  • palhetamos first-person indicative plural
  • palhetais indicative plural present
  • palhetam indicative plural present
  • palhetava first-person imperfect indicative
  • palhetavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce palhetar?

  • Brazil /pa.ʎeˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [pa.ʎeˈta(h)]

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

English words that translate to palhetar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.