protestar
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.tesˈta(ʁ)/
protestar is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protestar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to protest (to make a strong objection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prometer solenemente”.
What does protestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to protest (to make a strong objection)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. prometer solenemente 2. afirmar pública e terminantemente 3. manifestar-se contra 4. reclamar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo protestar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo protestar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo protestar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo protestar
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 protestar
- protesto first-person present singular
- protestei first-person preterite singular
- protestado participle past
- protestares infinitive second-person singular
- protestarmos first-person infinitive plural
- protestardes infinitive plural second-person
- protestarem infinitive plural third-person
- protestando gerund
- protestados masculine participle past
- protestada feminine participle past
- protestadas feminine participle past
- protestas indicative present second-person
- protesta indicative present singular
- protestamos first-person indicative plural
- protestais indicative plural present
- protestam indicative plural present
- protestava first-person imperfect indicative
- protestavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protestar?
- Brazil /pɾo.tesˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.tesˈta(h)]
- /pɾo.tesˈta(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 protestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protestar in Portuguese?
protestar appears 4.3 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).