avariar
Portuguese, verb/a.va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/
avariar is spelled A-V-A-R-I-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avariar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to damage, corrupt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar avaria a; destruir(-se), deteriorar(-se) ou inutilizar(-se); corromper(-se), estragar(-se)…”.
What does avariar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to damage, corrupt
- 2
to deteriorate
- 3
to fail, break down
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar avaria a; destruir(-se), deteriorar(-se) ou inutilizar(-se); corromper(-se), estragar(-se), danificar(-se) 2. sofrer avaria
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 avariar
- avario first-person present singular
- avariei first-person preterite singular
- avariado participle past
- avariares infinitive second-person singular
- avariarmos first-person infinitive plural
- avariardes infinitive plural second-person
- avariarem infinitive plural third-person
- avariando gerund
- avariados masculine participle past
- avariada feminine participle past
- avariadas feminine participle past
- avarias indicative present second-person
- avaria indicative present singular
- avariamos first-person indicative plural
- avariais indicative plural present
- avariam indicative plural present
- avariava first-person imperfect indicative
- avariavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avariar?
- Brazil /a.va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.va.ɾiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /a.vaˈɾja(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 avariar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avariar in Portuguese?
avariar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).