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relutar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.luˈta(ʁ)/

relutar is spelled R-E-L-U-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relutar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to resist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lutar novamente”.

What does relutar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to resist

  2. 2

    to be reluctant

  3. 3

    to be recalcitrant

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. lutar novamente 2. resistir 3. obstinar-se 4. ter repugnância ou aversão

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 relutar

  • reluto first-person present singular
  • relutei first-person preterite singular
  • relutado participle past
  • relutares infinitive second-person singular
  • relutarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • relutardes infinitive plural second-person
  • relutarem infinitive plural third-person
  • relutando gerund
  • relutados masculine participle past
  • relutada feminine participle past
  • relutadas feminine participle past
  • relutas indicative present second-person
  • reluta indicative present singular
  • relutamos first-person indicative plural
  • relutais indicative plural present
  • relutam indicative plural present
  • relutava first-person imperfect indicative
  • relutavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce relutar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.luˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.luˈta(h)]
  • /ʁe.luˈta(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is relutar in Portuguese?

relutar appears about once in every 10 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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