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contactar

Portuguese, verb/kõ.takˈta(ʁ)/

contactar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to contact (establish communication with)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter contato”.

What does contactar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to contact (establish communication with)

    Como é que o posso contactar?

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ter contato: 2. entrar em contato, ligar, conectar-se: 3. entender-se diretamente

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of contactar

  • contacto first-person present singular
  • contactei first-person preterite singular
  • contactado participle past
  • contactares infinitive second-person singular
  • contactarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • contactardes infinitive plural second-person
  • contactarem infinitive plural third-person
  • contactando gerund
  • contactados masculine participle past
  • contactada feminine participle past
  • contactadas feminine participle past
  • contactas indicative present second-person
  • contacta indicative present singular
  • contactamos first-person indicative plural
  • contactais indicative plural present
  • contactam indicative plural present
  • contactava first-person imperfect indicative
  • contactavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce contactar?

  • Brazil /kõ.takˈta(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [kõ.takˈta(h)]
  • Brazil /kõ.ta.kiˈta(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is contactar in Portuguese?

contactar appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).