untar

/ũ.ˈtaɾ/

//ũ.ˈtaɾ// verb

The verdict

“untar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,544 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,544
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aplicar gordura ou substância oleosa

Corpus desk

Index PT-untar · untar · Portuguese

untar · rank #66,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,544
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH useful

Nearest frequency peer: useful (+1 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 “untar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “untar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for untar
PropertyValue
Headworduntar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ũ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#66,544
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “untar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).untarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “useful” (#66,545), “verossímil” (#66,550), “transcontinental” (#66,535). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “untar” fica em #66,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

untar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,544 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ũ.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for untar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is untar, spelled U-N-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aplicar gordura ou substância oleosa
  2. 2
    engordurar, besuntar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how untar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Unte a forma e depois coloque a massa.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untar"?
"untar" is spelled U-N-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ũ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "untar" mean?
As a verb, "untar" means: aplicar gordura ou substância oleosa
How do you pronounce "untar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "untar" is /ũ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "untar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "untar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list