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alar

Portuguese, verb/aˈlaʁ/

alar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give wings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “formar em alas”.

What does alar mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinealar (relating to wings)

verb

  1. 1

    to give wings

verb

  1. 1

    to haul

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. da asa ou a ela referida 2. que tem forma de asa 3. que serve de asa

noun: 1. espécie de laço para perdizes 2. cabo pelo que é puxada a rede para terra na arte do algerife 3. rede para lampreias

verb: 1. formar em alas 2. criar asas, munir com asas 3. voar 4. elevar

verb: 1. fugir 2. andar 3. ir 4. viver

verb: 1. puxar por um cabo; rebocar 2. erguer ou içar com cabos 3. engrandecer-se 4. acelerar o ritmo

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 alar

  • alares plural
  • alo first-person present singular
  • alei first-person preterite singular
  • alado participle past
  • alarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • alardes infinitive plural second-person
  • alarem infinitive plural third-person
  • alando gerund
  • alados masculine participle past
  • alada feminine participle past
  • aladas feminine participle past
  • alas indicative present second-person
  • ala indicative present singular
  • alamos first-person indicative plural
  • alais indicative plural present
  • alam indicative plural present
  • alava first-person imperfect indicative
  • alavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce alar?

  • Brazil /aˈlaʁ/
  • Brazil [aˈlah]
  • /aˈlaɾ/

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

English words that translate to alar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alar in Portuguese?

alar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.

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