bazar
Portuguese, noun/baˈzaʁ/
bazar is spelled B-A-Z-A-R (5 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bazar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bazaar (a covered or enclosed public marketplace, especially one in the Middle East)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “centro comercial”.
What does bazar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebazaar (a covered or enclosed public marketplace, especially one in the Middle East)
- 2
masculinebazaar (a temporary market or stall for charity), especially one housing a rummage sale
- 3
Portugalmasculinea shop, especially a grocery store
- 4
Brazilmasculinethrift shop (shop that sells used goods for a low price)
- 5
masculinethe sale of one’s used items: a yard sale, garage sale or jumble sale, or the act of selling to a thrift shop
- 6
masculinemarketplace (a place or sphere for the exchange of anything)
verb
- 1
Portugalcolloquialto scram; to get out (to leave hurriedly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. centro comercial 2. local onde se vende toda a espécie de objetos classificados segundo os preços
verb: 1. ir embora
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 bazar
- bazares plural
- bazo first-person present singular
- bazei first-person preterite singular
- bazado participle past
- bazarmos first-person infinitive plural
- bazardes infinitive plural second-person
- bazarem infinitive plural third-person
- bazando gerund
- bazados masculine participle past
- bazada feminine participle past
- bazadas feminine participle past
- bazas indicative present second-person
- baza indicative present singular
- bazamos first-person indicative plural
- bazais indicative plural present
- bazam indicative plural present
- bazava first-person imperfect indicative
- bazavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bazar?
- Brazil /baˈzaʁ/
- Brazil [baˈzah]
- /baˈzaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bazar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bazar in Portuguese?
bazar appears 4.7 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).