alongar
Portuguese, verb/a.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/
alongar is spelled A-L-O-N-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alongar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to elongate, lengthen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar mais longo”.
What does alongar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to elongate, lengthen
- 2
to delay, defer, slow
- 3
to distance, space, move away, remove from
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar mais longo 2. desdobrar 3. estender 4. aumentar a duração de, prolongar, demorar
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 alongar
- alongo first-person present singular
- alonguei first-person preterite singular
- alongado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- alongares infinitive second-person singular
- alongarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alongardes infinitive plural second-person
- alongarem infinitive plural third-person
- alongando gerund
- alongados masculine participle past
- alongada feminine participle past
- alongadas feminine participle past
- alongas indicative present second-person
- alonga indicative present singular
- alongamos first-person indicative plural
- alongais indicative plural present
- alongam indicative plural present
- alongava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alongar?
- Brazil /a.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.lõˈɡa(h)]
- /a.lõˈɡa(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 alongar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alongar in Portuguese?
alongar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).