trepidar
/tɾɨ.pi.ˈdaɾ/
The verdict
“trepidar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ser agitado por pequenos e rápidos abalos
Corpus desk
Index PT-trepidar · trepidar · Portuguese
trepidar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trepidar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tɾɨ.pi.ˈdaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “trepidar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
trepidar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /tɾɨ.pi.ˈdaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
trepidar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is trepidar, spelled T-R-E-P-I-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1ser agitado por pequenos e rápidos abalos
- 2tremer, de medo ou susto
- 3hesitar, vacilar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trepidar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O ônibus trepidava muito
O olhar severo fez o menino trepidar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.