pontuar
Portuguese, verb/põ.tuˈa(ʁ)/
pontuar is spelled P-O-N-T-U-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to punctuate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “usar sinais de pontuação”.
What does pontuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to punctuate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. usar sinais de pontuação 2. estar presente, marcar 3. marcar com ênfase
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 pontuar
- pontuo first-person present singular
- pontuei first-person preterite singular
- pontuado participle past
- pontuares infinitive second-person singular
- pontuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- pontuardes infinitive plural second-person
- pontuarem infinitive plural third-person
- pontuando gerund
- pontuados masculine participle past
- pontuada feminine participle past
- pontuadas feminine participle past
- pontuas indicative present second-person
- pontua indicative present singular
- pontuamos first-person indicative plural
- pontuais indicative plural present
- pontuam indicative plural present
- pontuava first-person imperfect indicative
- pontuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontuar?
- Brazil /põ.tuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [põ.tuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /põˈtwa(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 pontuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pontuar in Portuguese?
pontuar appears 1.2 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).