tragar
The verdict
“tragar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,179 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,179
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - beber, engolir
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tragar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tragar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tragar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,179 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
tragar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tragar, spelled T-R-A-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1beber, engolir
- 2comer avidamente, com rapidez
- 3inalar a fumaça de um cigarro
- 4fazer desaparecer
- 5aspirar
- 6tolerar
- 7admitir a veracidade de, crer em
- 8olhar avidamente
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tragar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.