sabatinar
Portuguese, verb/sa.ba.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/
sabatinar is spelled S-A-B-A-T-I-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabatinar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to recapitulate or review lessons, often by asking students questions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sujeitar (alguém) a sabatina”.
What does sabatinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recapitulate or review lessons, often by asking students questions
- 2
to ask someone multiple questions
- 3
to discuss a subject thoroughly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sujeitar (alguém) a sabatina 2. recapitular (conteúdos acadêmicos) nela 3. resumir, sintetizar (redação, texto, etc.) 4. submeter a uma bateria de perguntas
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo sabatinar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo sabatinar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo sabatinar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo sabatinar
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 sabatinar
- sabatino first-person present singular
- sabatinei first-person preterite singular
- sabatinado participle past
- sabatinares infinitive second-person singular
- sabatinarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sabatinardes infinitive plural second-person
- sabatinarem infinitive plural third-person
- sabatinando gerund
- sabatinados masculine participle past
- sabatinada feminine participle past
- sabatinadas feminine participle past
- sabatinas indicative present second-person
- sabatina indicative present singular
- sabatinamos first-person indicative plural
- sabatinais indicative plural present
- sabatinam indicative plural present
- sabatinava first-person imperfect indicative
- sabatinavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabatinar?
- Brazil /sa.ba.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sa.ba.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]
- /sa.ba.t͡ʃiˈna(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sabatinar in Portuguese?
sabatinar appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).