poitar

//poj.ˈtaɾ/, /poj.ˈta// verb

Letters

6 characters

Language

Portuguese

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

poitar is aPortugueseverb. It means: segurar com poita Pronounced /poj.ˈtaɾ/, /poj.ˈta/.

Key facts for poitar
PropertyValue
Headwordpoitar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/poj.ˈtaɾ/, /poj.ˈta/
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

poitar is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for poitar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /poj.ˈtaɾ/, /poj.ˈta/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for poitar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is poitar, spelled P-O-I-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    segurar com poita
  2. 2
    ancorar (barco)
  3. 3
    fazer parar a canoa no meio do rio

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poitar"?
"poitar" is spelled P-O-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /poj.ˈtaɾ/, /poj.ˈta/.
What does "poitar" mean?
As a verb, "poitar" means: segurar com poita
How do you pronounce "poitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poitar" is /poj.ˈtaɾ/, /poj.ˈta/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poitar" come from?
"poitar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.