tavam

Portuguese, verb/ˈta.vɐ̃w̃/

tavam is a Portuguese verb meaning “eye dialect spelling of estavam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural imperfect indicative of tar.

What does tavam mean in English?

verb

1
eye dialect spelling of estavam

verb

1
third-person plural imperfect indicative of tar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce tavam?

Brazil /ˈta.vɐ̃w̃/
Brazil [ˈta.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Portugal /ˈta.vɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is tavam in Portuguese?

tavam appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

tavam0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).