beirar
Portuguese, verb/be(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
beirar is spelled B-E-I-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to border; to skirt (to be on the edge of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ir ou caminhar (pela beira ou pela margem de)”.
What does beirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to border; to skirt (to be on the edge of something)
O prédio beira o parque municipal.
- 2
to border on (to be almost like)
Seus comentários beiram insultos.
- 3
to be almost; to be nearly
O custo do projeto beirava um bilhão de reais.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ir ou caminhar (pela beira ou pela margem de) 2. costear, contornar, ladear, orlar 3. debruar
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 beirar
- beiro first-person present singular
- beirei first-person preterite singular
- beirado participle past
- beirares infinitive second-person singular
- beirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- beirardes infinitive plural second-person
- beirarem infinitive plural third-person
- beirando gerund
- beirados masculine participle past
- beirada feminine participle past
- beiradas feminine participle past
- beiras indicative present second-person
- beira indicative present singular
- beiramos first-person indicative plural
- beirais indicative plural present
- beiram indicative plural present
- beirava first-person imperfect indicative
- beiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beirar?
- Brazil /be(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [be(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- /be(j)ˈɾa(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 beirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beirar in Portuguese?
beirar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).