# acenar vs acionar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### acenar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #33,245*
fazer acenos

### acionar
*verb · IPA /a.sju.ˈnaɾ/ · frequency rank #21,917*
pôr em ação, tornar ativo

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