topar
Portuguese, verb/toˈpa(ʁ)/
topar is spelled T-O-P-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Topar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to come across, encounter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encontrar algo”.
What does topar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come across, encounter
- 2
Portugalcolloquialto understand
- 3
Brazilcolloquialto accept (an invitation, a challenge etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. encontrar algo 2. dar com a ponta do pé em algo 3. aceitar (um convite, um desafio, uma proposta) 4. entender, compreender
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 topar
- topo first-person present singular
- topei first-person preterite singular
- topado participle past
- topares infinitive second-person singular
- toparmos first-person infinitive plural
- topardes infinitive plural second-person
- toparem infinitive plural third-person
- topando gerund
- topados masculine participle past
- topada feminine participle past
- topadas feminine participle past
- topas indicative present second-person
- topa indicative present singular
- topamos first-person indicative plural
- topais indicative plural present
- topam indicative plural present
- topava first-person imperfect indicative
- topavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce topar?
- Brazil /toˈpa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [toˈpa(h)]
- /toˈpa(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 topar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is topar in Portuguese?
topar 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).