tatear
Portuguese, verb/ta.teˈa(ʁ)/
tatear is spelled T-A-T-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tatear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to grope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentir algo por meio do tato”.
What does tatear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grope
- 2
to investigate, examine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sentir algo por meio do tato
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 tatear
- tateio first-person present singular
- tateei first-person preterite singular
- tateado participle past
- tateares infinitive second-person singular
- tatearmos first-person infinitive plural
- tateardes infinitive plural second-person
- tatearem infinitive plural third-person
- tateando gerund
- tateados masculine participle past
- tateada feminine participle past
- tateadas feminine participle past
- tateias indicative present second-person
- tateia indicative present singular
- tateamos first-person indicative plural
- tateais indicative plural present
- tateiam indicative plural present
- tateava first-person imperfect indicative
- tateavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tatear?
- Brazil /ta.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ta.teˈa(h)]
- /ta.teˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tatear in Portuguese?
tatear appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).