predar
Portuguese, verb/pɾeˈda(ʁ)/
predar is spelled P-R-E-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Predar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prey on (to hunt and eat prey)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agir como predador; caçar uma presa”.
What does predar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prey on (to hunt and eat prey)
- 2
to prey on (to exert harmful influence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. agir como predador; caçar uma presa 2. roubar, pilhar 3. utilizar-se de técnicas para fazer falir ou absorver empresas menores
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 predar
- predo first-person present singular
- predei first-person preterite singular
- predado participle past
- predares infinitive second-person singular
- predarmos first-person infinitive plural
- predardes infinitive plural second-person
- predarem infinitive plural third-person
- predando gerund
- predados masculine participle past
- predada feminine participle past
- predadas feminine participle past
- predas indicative present second-person
- preda indicative present singular
- predamos first-person indicative plural
- predais indicative plural present
- predam indicative plural present
- predava first-person imperfect indicative
- predavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce predar?
- Brazil /pɾeˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾeˈda(h)]
- /pɾeˈda(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 predar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is predar in Portuguese?
predar appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).