sonegar

verb

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The verdict

“sonegar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,565 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,565
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - deixar de declarar ou informar algo intencionalmente, especialmente bens, impostos ou informações relevantes

Key facts for sonegar
PropertyValue
Headwordsonegar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,565
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sonegar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sonegar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sonegar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,565 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sonegar, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sonegar, spelled S-O-N-E-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deixar de declarar ou informar algo intencionalmente, especialmente bens, impostos ou informações relevantes
  2. 2
    negar ou ocultar injustamente um direito ou benefício a alguém

Synonyms

esconderfraudarocultarreter

Antonyms

concederdeclararinformar

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonegar"?
"sonegar" is spelled S-O-N-E-G-A-R.
What does "sonegar" mean?
As a verb, "sonegar" means: deixar de declarar ou informar algo intencionalmente, especialmente bens, impostos ou informações relevantes
What language does "sonegar" come from?
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Using “sonegar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-N-E-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list