retaliar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.ta.liˈa(ʁ)/
retaliar is spelled R-E-T-A-L-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retaliar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to retaliate (to do something harmful to get revenge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “investir contra (pessoa, grupo, organização) em resposta a mal ou dano causado por estes”.
What does retaliar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to retaliate (to do something harmful to get revenge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. investir contra (pessoa, grupo, organização) em resposta a mal ou dano causado por estes 2. devolver ataque, golpe, ofensa
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 retaliar
- retalio first-person present singular
- retaliei first-person preterite singular
- retaliado participle past
- retaliares infinitive second-person singular
- retaliarmos first-person infinitive plural
- retaliardes infinitive plural second-person
- retaliarem infinitive plural third-person
- retaliando gerund
- retaliados masculine participle past
- retaliada feminine participle past
- retaliadas feminine participle past
- retalias indicative present second-person
- retalia indicative present singular
- retaliamos first-person indicative plural
- retaliais indicative plural present
- retaliam indicative plural present
- retaliava first-person imperfect indicative
- retaliavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retaliar?
- Brazil /ʁe.ta.liˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.ta.liˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ʁe.taˈlja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retaliar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retaliar in Portuguese?
retaliar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).