resgatar
Portuguese, verb/ʁez.ɡaˈta(ʁ)/
resgatar is spelled R-E-S-G-A-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resgatar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rescue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “livrar do cativeiro”.
What does resgatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rescue
- 2
to redeem
- 3
to ransom
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. livrar do cativeiro 2. remir 3. reaver um penhor 4. expiar
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 resgatar
- resgato first-person present singular
- resgatei first-person preterite singular
- resgatado participle past
- resgatares infinitive second-person singular
- resgatarmos first-person infinitive plural
- resgatardes infinitive plural second-person
- resgatarem infinitive plural third-person
- resgatando gerund
- resgatados masculine participle past
- resgatada feminine participle past
- resgatadas feminine participle past
- resgatas indicative present second-person
- resgata indicative present singular
- resgatamos first-person indicative plural
- resgatais indicative plural present
- resgatam indicative plural present
- resgatava first-person imperfect indicative
- resgatavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resgatar?
- Brazil /ʁez.ɡaˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hez.ɡaˈta(h)]
- /ʁez.ɡaˈta(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 resgatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is resgatar in Portuguese?
resgatar appears 10 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).