algar
Portuguese, noun/awˈɡa(ʁ)/
algar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cave, grotto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “poço natural que se forma nas zonas cársicas”.
What does algar mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinecave, grotto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. poço natural que se forma nas zonas cársicas
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 algar
- algares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce algar?
- Brazil /awˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
- /awˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is algar in Portuguese?
algar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).