arear
Portuguese, verb/a.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/
arear is spelled A-R-E-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sand (to abrade with sand or sandpaper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cobrir de areia; criar areal”.
What does arear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sand (to abrade with sand or sandpaper)
- 2
to sand (to cover with sand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cobrir de areia; criar areal 2. transformar em grãos como os da areia; cristalizar; refinar (o açúcar): 3. escovar (os dentes): 4. esfregar tachos e panelas de metal com sabão e areia fina; esfregar ou polir metais:
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 arear
- areio first-person present singular
- areei first-person preterite singular
- areado participle past
- areares infinitive second-person singular
- arearmos first-person infinitive plural
- areardes infinitive plural second-person
- arearem infinitive plural third-person
- areando gerund
- areados masculine participle past
- areada feminine participle past
- areadas feminine participle past
- areias indicative present second-person
- areia indicative present singular
- areamos first-person indicative plural
- areais indicative plural present
- areiam indicative plural present
- areava first-person imperfect indicative
- areavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arear?
- Brazil /a.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.ɾiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /aˈɾja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arear in Portuguese?
arear appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).