prorrogar

/pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/

//pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ// verb

The verdict

“prorrogar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #64,428 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,428
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer durar além do tempo estabelecido; prolongar

Corpus desk

Index PT-prorrogar · prorrogar · Portuguese

prorrogar · rank #64,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,428
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH provide

Nearest frequency peer: provide (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “prorrogar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “prorrogar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prorrogar
PropertyValue
Headwordprorrogar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,428
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “prorrogar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).prorrogarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “provide” (#64,430), “previsivelmente” (#64,425), “predominar” (#64,421). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “prorrogar” fica em #64,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prorrogar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #64,428 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

prorrogar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is prorrogar, spelled P-R-O-R-R-O-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer durar além do tempo estabelecido; prolongar
  2. 2
    adiar o término de; alongar, dilatar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how prorrogar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. prorrogar o jogo, as férias, a vida etc.
  2. prorrogar o mandato de um presidente

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prorrogar"?
"prorrogar" is spelled P-R-O-R-R-O-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "prorrogar" mean?
As a verb, "prorrogar" means: fazer durar além do tempo estabelecido; prolongar
How do you pronounce "prorrogar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prorrogar" is /pɾu.Ru.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prorrogar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list