regato

/ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]

//ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]/ verb

The verdict

“regato” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,094 among 963 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,094
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo regatar

Corpus desk

Index PT-regato · regato · Portuguese

regato · rank #98,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,094
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH rado

Nearest frequency peer: rado (-13 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “regato”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “regato” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for regato
PropertyValue
Headwordregato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,094
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “regato” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).regatocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “rado” (#98,081), “reso” (#98,107), “quadruplicar” (#98,076). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “regato” fica em #98,094. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regato is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,094 among 963 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo regatar".

No misspelling variants are generated for regato in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is regato, spelled R-E-G-A-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo regatar

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regato"?
"regato" is spelled R-E-G-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu].
What does "regato" mean?
As a verb, "regato" means: primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo regatar
How do you pronounce "regato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regato" is /ʁeˈɡa.tu/ [heˈɡa.tu]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regato" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regato", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list