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tributar

Portuguese, verb/tɾi.buˈta(ʁ)/

tributar is spelled T-R-I-B-U-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tributar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to assess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cobrar tributo”.

What does tributar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to assess

  2. 2

    to collect or pay tribute

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. cobrar tributo 2. prestar homenagem

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 tributar

  • tributo first-person present singular
  • tributei first-person preterite singular
  • tributado participle past
  • tributares infinitive second-person singular
  • tributarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • tributardes infinitive plural second-person
  • tributarem infinitive plural third-person
  • tributando gerund
  • tributados masculine participle past
  • tributada feminine participle past
  • tributadas feminine participle past
  • tributas indicative present second-person
  • tributa indicative present singular
  • tributamos first-person indicative plural
  • tributais indicative plural present
  • tributam indicative plural present
  • tributava first-person imperfect indicative
  • tributavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tributar?

  • Brazil /tɾi.buˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [tɾi.buˈta(h)]
  • /tɾi.buˈta(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 tributar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tributar in Portuguese?

tributar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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