transitar
Portuguese, verb/tɾɐ̃.ziˈta(ʁ)/
transitar is spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to transit (to pass over, across or through something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer caminho, passar”.
What does transitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transit (to pass over, across or through something)
- 2
to transit (to pass in front of a larger celestial body)
- 3
to have many contacts within a group; to be well connected
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer caminho, passar 2. andar 3. mudar de lugar ou de estado
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 transitar
- transito first-person present singular
- transitei first-person preterite singular
- transitado participle past
- transitares infinitive second-person singular
- transitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- transitardes infinitive plural second-person
- transitarem infinitive plural third-person
- transitando gerund
- transitados masculine participle past
- transitada feminine participle past
- transitadas feminine participle past
- transitas indicative present second-person
- transita indicative present singular
- transitamos first-person indicative plural
- transitais indicative plural present
- transitam indicative plural present
- transitava first-person imperfect indicative
- transitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transitar?
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃.ziˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɾɐ̃.ziˈta(h)]
- Portugal /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transitar in Portuguese?
transitar 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).