alargar
Portuguese, verb/a.laʁˈɡa(ʁ)/
alargar is spelled A-L-A-R-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alargar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to widen (to make or become wider or broader)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dilatar”.
What does alargar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to widen (to make or become wider or broader)
Alargaram o canal com uma draga.
- 2
to increase the scope or extent of
Alarguei a rede de área local da minha casa.
- 3
to stretch and become looser
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dilatar 2. aumentar
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 alargar
- alargo first-person present singular
- alarguei first-person preterite singular
- alargado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- alargares infinitive second-person singular
- alargarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alargardes infinitive plural second-person
- alargarem infinitive plural third-person
- alargando gerund
- alargados masculine participle past
- alargada feminine participle past
- alargadas feminine participle past
- alargas indicative present second-person
- alarga indicative present singular
- alargamos first-person indicative plural
- alargais indicative plural present
- alargam indicative plural present
- alargava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alargar?
- Brazil /a.laʁˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.laɦˈɡa(h)]
- /a.laɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alargar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alargar in Portuguese?
alargar appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).