soltar
Portuguese, verb/sowˈta(ʁ)/
soltar is spelled S-O-L-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soltar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to release, to let go” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “libertar”.
What does soltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to release, to let go
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. libertar 2. desatar 3. desembaraçar 4. atirar
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 soltar
- solto first-person present singular
- soltei first-person preterite singular
- soltado participle past
- soltares infinitive second-person singular
- soltarmos first-person infinitive plural
- soltardes infinitive plural second-person
- soltarem infinitive plural third-person
- soltando gerund
- soltos masculine participle past
- solta feminine participle past
- soltas feminine participle past
- soltados long-form masculine participle
- soltada feminine long-form participle
- soltadas feminine long-form participle
- soltamos first-person indicative plural
- soltais indicative plural present
- soltam indicative plural present
- soltava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soltar?
- Brazil /sowˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [soʊ̯ˈta(h)]
- /sowˈta(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 soltar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soltar in Portuguese?
soltar appears 15 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).