# abarcar vs agarrar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### abarcar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.bɐɾ.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #43,732*
abranger

### agarrar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.ɡɐ.ˈRaɾ/ · frequency rank #11,379*
prender; segurar com garra

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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