recuar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.kuˈa(ʁ)/
recuar is spelled R-E-C-U-A-R (6 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recuar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to recede, retreat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “andar ou mover-se para trás”.
What does recuar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recede, retreat
- 2
to indent
- 3
to recoil, flinch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. andar ou mover-se para trás 2. voltar atrás 3. retornar 4. desistir
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 recuar
- recuo first-person present singular
- recuei first-person preterite singular
- recuado participle past
- recuares infinitive second-person singular
- recuarmos first-person infinitive plural
- recuardes infinitive plural second-person
- recuarem infinitive plural third-person
- recuando gerund
- recuados masculine participle past
- recuada feminine participle past
- recuadas feminine participle past
- recuas indicative present second-person
- recua indicative present singular
- recuamos first-person indicative plural
- recuais indicative plural present
- recuam indicative plural present
- recuava first-person imperfect indicative
- recuavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recuar?
- Brazil /ʁe.kuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.kuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʁeˈkwa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recuar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recuar in Portuguese?
recuar appears 5.5 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).