# recuar

> Portuguese word · Verb · IPA /Rɨ.ˈkwaɾ/ · frequency rank #11,530

## Definitions
1. andar ou mover-se para trás
2. voltar atrás
3. retornar
4. desistir
5. diminuir
6. perder espaço
7. fugir
8. impelir para trás
9. fazer voltar atrás
10. fazer retornar
11. colocar aquém

## Easily confused with
- **rezar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-rezar)
- **régua** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-regua)
- **regar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-regar)
- **remar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-remar)
- **reinar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-reinar)
- **restar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-restar)
- **regular** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-regular)
- **recusar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-recusar)
- **refutar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recuar-vs-refutar)
- **rachar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/rachar-vs-recuar)
- **recair** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recair-vs-recuar)
- **recear** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recear-vs-recuar)
- **reatar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/reatar-vs-recuar)
- **recitar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recitar-vs-recuar)
- **recrutar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/recrutar-vs-recuar)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ercuar`, `rceuar`, `recaur`, `reccuar`, `recuarr`, `recura`, `reucar`, `rrecuar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/recuar