pleitear
Portuguese, verb/plej.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
pleitear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dispute (for something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “demandar perante os tribunais”.
What does pleitear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dispute (for something)
- 2
to argue, to fight verbally (over something)
- 3
to want, to wish for
- 4
to litigate (to contest in law)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. demandar perante os tribunais 2. litigar 3. contestar 4. discutir
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 pleitear
- pleiteio first-person present singular
- pleiteei first-person preterite singular
- pleiteado participle past
- pleiteares infinitive second-person singular
- pleitearmos first-person infinitive plural
- pleiteardes infinitive plural second-person
- pleitearem infinitive plural third-person
- pleiteando gerund
- pleiteados masculine participle past
- pleiteada feminine participle past
- pleiteadas feminine participle past
- pleiteias indicative present second-person
- pleiteia indicative present singular
- pleiteamos first-person indicative plural
- pleiteais indicative plural present
- pleiteiam indicative plural present
- pleiteava first-person imperfect indicative
- pleiteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleitear?
- Brazil /plej.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pleɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /plejˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pleitear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pleitear in Portuguese?
pleitear appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).