# indicador vs indicar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### indicador
*adjective · IPA /ĩ.di.kɐ.ˈdoɾ/ · frequency rank #12,083*
que serve de indicação

### indicar
*verb · IPA /ĩ.di.ˈkaɾ/ · frequency rank #4,240*
apontar, mostrar, revelar:

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