apagar
Portuguese, verb/a.paˈɡa(ʁ)/
apagar is spelled A-P-A-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apagar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put out; to extinguish (to stop something from burning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer desaparecer (raspando, etc.)”.
What does apagar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put out; to extinguish (to stop something from burning)
- 2
to go out (to stop burning)
- 3
to turn off (to deactivate a device)
- 4
to go off (to be deactivated)
- 5
to erase (to remove markings or information)
- 6
to erase; to delete (to remove digital information)
- 7
to get rid of; to eliminate (to destroy completely)
- 8
to pass out (to fall into deep sleep or unconsciousness)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer desaparecer (raspando, etc.) 2. fazer cessar 3. extinguir, sumir 4. acabar, morrer
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 apagar
- apago first-person present singular
- apaguei first-person preterite singular
- apagado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- apagares infinitive second-person singular
- apagarmos first-person infinitive plural
- apagardes infinitive plural second-person
- apagarem infinitive plural third-person
- apagando gerund
- apagados masculine participle past
- apagada feminine participle past
- apagadas feminine participle past
- apagas indicative present second-person
- apaga indicative present singular
- apagamos first-person indicative plural
- apagais indicative plural present
- apagam indicative plural present
- apagava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apagar?
- Brazil /a.paˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.paˈɡa(h)]
- /a.paˈɡa(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 apagar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apagar in Portuguese?
apagar appears 19 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).