surtar
Portuguese, verb/suʁˈta(ʁ)/
surtar is spelled S-U-R-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surtar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to go postal (to start to behave in a hysterical, angry or irrational manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enlouquecer momentaneamente sob pressão ou estresse, o que faz a pessoa tomar atitudes anormais aos olhos de…”.
What does surtar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilinformalto go postal (to start to behave in a hysterical, angry or irrational manner)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. enlouquecer momentaneamente sob pressão ou estresse, o que faz a pessoa tomar atitudes anormais aos olhos de pessoas sãs
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 surtar
- surto first-person present singular
- surtei first-person preterite singular
- surtado participle past
- surtares infinitive second-person singular
- surtarmos first-person infinitive plural
- surtardes infinitive plural second-person
- surtarem infinitive plural third-person
- surtando gerund
- surtados masculine participle past
- surtada feminine participle past
- surtadas feminine participle past
- surtas indicative present second-person
- surta indicative present singular
- surtamos first-person indicative plural
- surtais indicative plural present
- surtam indicative plural present
- surtava first-person imperfect indicative
- surtavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surtar?
- Brazil /suʁˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [suhˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surtar in Portuguese?
surtar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).