# ampliar vs amputar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ampliar
*verb · IPA /ɐ̃.pli.ˈaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,834*
tornar maior, aumentar

### amputar
*verb · IPA /ɐ̃.pu.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #42,768*
cortar (um membro do corpo)

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