tomar
Portuguese, verb/toˈma(ʁ)/
tomar is spelled T-O-M-A-R (5 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 597th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tomar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agarrar”.
What does tomar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
Fui ao banco tomar meu dinheiro.
- 2
to take; to conquer (to seize control of a location)
Os cruzados tomaram Jerusalém.
- 3
to steal (to take something illegally)
O ladrão tomou todo o meu dinheiro.
- 4
to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction)
Tomei um soco na cara.
- 5
to put into practice
tomar uma decisão
- 6
to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something)
Eu tomei a Maria por corrupta.
- 7
to drink (to ingest a liquid)
Eu tomei suco.
- 8
to drink (to consume alcoholic beverages, especially habitually)
Ele toma muito durante os finais de semana.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. agarrar 2. beber 3. ingerir (um comprimido, por exemplo) 4. segurar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tomar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo tomar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo tomar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo tomar
noun: 1. município português do distrito de Santarém
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 tomar
- tomo first-person present singular
- tomei first-person preterite singular
- tomado participle past
- tomares infinitive second-person singular
- tomarmos first-person infinitive plural
- tomardes infinitive plural second-person
- tomarem infinitive plural third-person
- tomando gerund
- tomados masculine participle past
- tomada feminine participle past
- tomadas feminine participle past
- tomas indicative present second-person
- toma indicative present singular
- tomamos first-person indicative plural
- tomais indicative plural present
- tomam indicative plural present
- tomava first-person imperfect indicative
- tomavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tomar?
- Brazil /toˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [toˈma(h)]
- /toˈma(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 tomar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tomar in Portuguese?
tomar appears 162 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).