praticar
Portuguese, verb/pɾa.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/
praticar is spelled P-R-A-T-I-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Praticar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to practice (repeat an activity as a way of improving one’s skill)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exercitar”.
What does praticar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to practice (repeat an activity as a way of improving one’s skill)
- 2
to practice (perform or observe in a habitual fashion)
As pessoas deveriam praticar desporto.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. exercitar
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 praticar
- pratico first-person present singular
- pratiquei first-person preterite singular
- praticado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- praticares infinitive second-person singular
- praticarmos first-person infinitive plural
- praticardes infinitive plural second-person
- praticarem infinitive plural third-person
- praticando gerund
- praticados masculine participle past
- praticada feminine participle past
- praticadas feminine participle past
- praticas indicative present second-person
- pratica indicative present singular
- praticamos first-person indicative plural
- praticais indicative plural present
- praticam indicative plural present
- praticava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce praticar?
- Brazil /pɾa.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾa.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]
- /pɾa.t͡ʃiˈka(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 praticar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is praticar in Portuguese?
praticar appears 14 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).