Portuguese Word of the Day
entrar
/en-TRAR/ • verb — 3rd of May, 2026
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Meaning: to enter; to go in; to come into
Examples
- Posso entrar?
(May I come in?) - O trem entrou na estação com atraso.
(The train entered the station late.) - Ela entrou na sala sem fazer barulho.
(She entered the room without making noise.)
Synonyms
- ingressar
- adentrar
Use entrar for physically going into a place (entering a room, building, vehicle) and for more abstract entries (entering a competition, logging into a system with entrar no sistema). It is a common intransitive verb and often used with prepositions (entrar em, entrar no/na). Formal synonyms like ingressar or adentrar are less common in everyday speech.
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