# atirar vs avisar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### atirar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.ti.ˈɾaɾ/ · frequency rank #6,264*
lançar um projétil contra um alvo ou pessoa

### avisar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.vi.ˈzaɾ/ · frequency rank #3,662*
dar aviso

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