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reclamar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.klaˈma(ʁ)/

reclamar is spelled R-E-C-L-A-M-A-R (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reclamar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to complain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “protestar”.

What does reclamar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to complain

  2. 2

    to claim

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. protestar 2. se opor 3. exigir, reivindicar 4. implorar, pedir

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 reclamar

  • reclamo first-person present singular
  • reclamei first-person preterite singular
  • reclamado participle past
  • reclamares infinitive second-person singular
  • reclamarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • reclamardes infinitive plural second-person
  • reclamarem infinitive plural third-person
  • reclamando gerund
  • reclamados masculine participle past
  • reclamada feminine participle past
  • reclamadas feminine participle past
  • reclamas indicative present second-person
  • reclama indicative present singular
  • reclamamos first-person indicative plural
  • reclamais indicative plural present
  • reclamam indicative plural present
  • reclamava first-person imperfect indicative
  • reclamavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce reclamar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.klaˈma(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.klaˈma(h)]
  • /ʁe.klaˈma(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 reclamar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is reclamar in Portuguese?

reclamar appears 17 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).

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