abar
Portuguese, verb/aˈba(ʁ)/
abar is spelled A-B-A-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put a brim on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levantar as abas de”.
What does abar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put a brim on
- 2
to adjust the brim of (a hat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente a indivíduo dos abares, antigo povo do norte do Ponto Euxino; ábar; avar
noun: 1. indivíduo dos abares; ábar; avar
verb: 1. levantar as abas de
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 abar
- abo first-person present singular
- abei first-person preterite singular
- abado participle past
- abares infinitive second-person singular
- abarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abardes infinitive plural second-person
- abarem infinitive plural third-person
- abando gerund
- abados masculine participle past
- abada feminine participle past
- abadas feminine participle past
- abas indicative present second-person
- aba indicative present singular
- abamos first-person indicative plural
- abais indicative plural present
- abam indicative plural present
- abava first-person imperfect indicative
- abavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abar?
- Brazil /aˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aˈba(h)]
- /aˈba(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abar in Portuguese?
abar appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).