amarrar
Portuguese, verb/a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/
amarrar is spelled A-M-A-R-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amarrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to moor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atar; ligar; prender; segurar; unir (com amarra, corda, barbante, etc.)”.
What does amarrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to moor
- 2
to tie (to fasten with ropes, thread, wire, chains, etc.)
Por favor, amarre a corda aqui.
- 3
Brazilcolloquialto love, to like very much
Eu me amarro em filmes de ação.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atar; ligar; prender; segurar; unir (com amarra, corda, barbante, etc.) 2. atracar o navio com amarras; fundear o navio com âncoras 3. prender (moral, afetiva ou psicologicamente) 4. ajustar; firmar; contratar (transporte ou negócio)
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 amarrar
- amarro first-person present singular
- amarrei first-person preterite singular
- amarrado participle past
- amarrares infinitive second-person singular
- amarrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- amarrardes infinitive plural second-person
- amarrarem infinitive plural third-person
- amarrando gerund
- amarrados masculine participle past
- amarrada feminine participle past
- amarradas feminine participle past
- amarras indicative present second-person
- amarra indicative present singular
- amarramos first-person indicative plural
- amarrais indicative plural present
- amarram indicative plural present
- amarrava first-person imperfect indicative
- amarravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amarrar?
- Brazil /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.maˈha(h)]
- /a.maˈʁa(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 amarrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amarrar in Portuguese?
amarrar appears 3.7 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).