tragar
The verdict
“tragar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,179 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,179
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beber, engolir
Corpus desk
Index PT-tragar · tragar · Portuguese
tragar · rank #75,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,179
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH transacional
Nearest frequency peer: transacional (+2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tragar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- thu
thu
24,834 corpus weight
- thy
thy
24,833 corpus weight
- tojo
tojo
24,830 corpus weight
- torniquete
torniquete
24,827 corpus weight
- tragar
tragar
24,822 corpus weight
- transacional
transacional
24,820 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tragar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tragar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tragar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,179 among 917 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tragar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quis tragar somente um gole de cerveja.
Ela tragou o pavê em uma velocidade surpreendente.
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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