retalhar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.taˈʎa(ʁ)/
retalhar is spelled R-E-T-A-L-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shred” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cortar em retalhos ou pedaços”.
What does retalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shred
- 2
to furrow
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cortar em retalhos ou pedaços 2. dividir em várias partes 3. recortar 4. sulcar
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 retalhar
- retalho first-person present singular
- retalhei first-person preterite singular
- retalhado participle past
- retalhares infinitive second-person singular
- retalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- retalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- retalharem infinitive plural third-person
- retalhando gerund
- retalhados masculine participle past
- retalhada feminine participle past
- retalhadas feminine participle past
- retalhas indicative present second-person
- retalha indicative present singular
- retalhamos first-person indicative plural
- retalhais indicative plural present
- retalham indicative plural present
- retalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- retalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retalhar?
- Brazil /ʁe.taˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.taˈʎa(h)]
- /ʁe.taˈʎa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retalhar in Portuguese?
retalhar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).