arrasar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/
arrasar is spelled A-R-R-A-S-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrasar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to raze, demolish (both literally or figuratively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar raso, nivelar”.
What does arrasar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to raze, demolish (both literally or figuratively)
- 2
slangto kill it (do something exceptionally)
Ele arrasou naquela performance.
- 3
slangto slay
Menina, tua roupa arrasou!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar raso, nivelar 2. destruir 3. humilhar 4. cansar, abater
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 arrasar
- arraso first-person present singular
- arrasei first-person preterite singular
- arrasado participle past
- arrasares infinitive second-person singular
- arrasarmos first-person infinitive plural
- arrasardes infinitive plural second-person
- arrasarem infinitive plural third-person
- arrasando gerund
- arrasados masculine participle past
- arrasada feminine participle past
- arrasadas feminine participle past
- arrasas indicative present second-person
- arrasa indicative present singular
- arrasamos first-person indicative plural
- arrasais indicative plural present
- arrasam indicative plural present
- arrasava first-person imperfect indicative
- arrasavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrasar?
- Brazil /a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.haˈza(h)]
- /a.ʁaˈza(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 arrasar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arrasar in Portuguese?
arrasar appears 4.5 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).