are
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.ɾi/
are is spelled A-R-E (3 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Are is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “are (unit of area)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of arar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade de medida de área equivalente a 100 metros quadrados”.
What does are mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineare (unit of area)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade de medida de área equivalente a 100 metros quadrados
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo arar
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 are
- ares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce are?
- Brazil /ˈa.ɾi/
- Portugal /ˈa.ɾɨ/
- /ˈa.ɾe/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to are
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is are in Portuguese?
are appears 21 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).