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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

montar.

to go up, climb

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/mõˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[mõˈta(h)]Brazil/mõˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo/mõˈta(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to go up, climb

  2. to mount, to ride

    O cavaleiro montou o seu cavalo.
  3. to assemble

    Ele montou o puzzle.
  4. to transform oneself into a drag persona

    Brazil · reflexive
    Ele se montou para o Halloween.
  5. to get dolled up (to dress up finely; to put on heavy makeup)

    Brazil · broadly · colloquial · reflexive
    Foi pra balada toda montada.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese montar, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *mōntāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.