patentear
Portuguese, verb/pa.tẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/
patentear is spelled P-A-T-E-N-T-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patentear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to publicize/publicise (to make public)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “registrar em órgão oficial a posse dos direitos de uso (de uma invenção, marca, desing, etc.)”.
What does patentear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to publicize/publicise (to make public)
- 2
to patent (register an invention with a government agency)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. registrar em órgão oficial a posse dos direitos de uso (de uma invenção, marca, desing, etc.) 2. publicizar, tornar público
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 patentear
- patenteio first-person present singular
- patenteei first-person preterite singular
- patenteado participle past
- patenteares infinitive second-person singular
- patentearmos first-person infinitive plural
- patenteardes infinitive plural second-person
- patentearem infinitive plural third-person
- patenteando gerund
- patenteados masculine participle past
- patenteada feminine participle past
- patenteadas feminine participle past
- patenteias indicative present second-person
- patenteia indicative present singular
- patenteamos first-person indicative plural
- patenteais indicative plural present
- patenteiam indicative plural present
- patenteava first-person imperfect indicative
- patenteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patentear?
- Brazil /pa.tẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.tẽ.teˈa(h)]
- /pa.tẽ.teˈa(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 patentear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patentear in Portuguese?
patentear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).