trotar
Portuguese, verb/tɾoˈta(ʁ)/
trotar is spelled T-R-O-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trotar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to trot (to move at a gait between a walk and a canter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “andar, cavalgar a trote”.
What does trotar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trot (to move at a gait between a walk and a canter)
- 2
to jog
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. andar, cavalgar a trote 2. correr com velocidade reduzida
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 trotar
- troto first-person present singular
- trotei first-person preterite singular
- trotado participle past
- trotares infinitive second-person singular
- trotarmos first-person infinitive plural
- trotardes infinitive plural second-person
- trotarem infinitive plural third-person
- trotando gerund
- trotados masculine participle past
- trotada feminine participle past
- trotadas feminine participle past
- trotas indicative present second-person
- trota indicative present singular
- trotamos first-person indicative plural
- trotais indicative plural present
- trotam indicative plural present
- trotava first-person imperfect indicative
- trotavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trotar?
- Brazil /tɾoˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɾoˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trotar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trotar in Portuguese?
trotar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).