# abdicar vs adiar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### abdicar
*verb · IPA /ɐb.di.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #19,309*
desistir

### adiar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/ · frequency rank #13,651*
deixar para outra data o que se tem para fazer

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/abdicar-vs-adiar