protocolar
Portuguese, adjective/ˌpɾɔ.to.koˈlaʁ/
protocolar is spelled P-R-O-T-O-C-O-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protocolar is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “protocolary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se refere ou é inerente a protocolo”.
What does protocolar mean in English?
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se refere ou é inerente a protocolo 2. segundo determina o protocolo, a norma, em conformidade com as formalidades 3. diz-se de pessoa cerimoniosa, formal, ou que atua de acordo com as regras
verb: 1. efetuar registro em protocolo
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 protocolar
- protocolares plural
- protocolando gerund
- protocolado participle
- protocolo singular first-person indicative
- protocolas singular second-person indicative
- protocola singular third-person indicative
- protocolamos plural first-person indicative
- protocolais plural second-person indicative
- protocolam plural third-person indicative
- protocolava singular first-person indicative
- protocolavas singular second-person indicative
- protocolávamos plural first-person indicative
- protocoláveis plural second-person indicative
- protocolavam plural third-person indicative
- protocolei singular first-person indicative
- protocolaste singular second-person indicative
- protocolou singular third-person indicative
- protocolamos¹ / protocolámos² plural first-person indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protocolar?
- Brazil /ˌpɾɔ.to.koˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [ˌpɾɔ.to.koˈlah]
- /ˌpɾɔ.to.koˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is protocolar in Portuguese?
protocolar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).