bolinar
Portuguese, verb/bo.liˈna(ʁ)/
bolinar is spelled B-O-L-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolinar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sail close to the wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conduzir (navio a vela) usando bolina (cabo); abolinar”.
What does bolinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sail close to the wind
- 2
to wander (walk aimlessly)
- 3
Brazilcolloquialto maintain libidinous contact with someone, especially if in a covert way
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. conduzir (navio a vela) usando bolina (cabo); abolinar 2. trazer a proa (de embarcação) para bem perto da linha do vento; conduzir (navio) de modo a ganhar barlavento; abolinar, navegar à bolina 3. o mesmo que burlar (enganar) 4. aborrecer com insistência durante um longo tempo; amolar, apoquentar
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 bolinar
- bolino first-person present singular
- bolinei first-person preterite singular
- bolinado participle past
- bolinares infinitive second-person singular
- bolinarmos first-person infinitive plural
- bolinardes infinitive plural second-person
- bolinarem infinitive plural third-person
- bolinando gerund
- bolinados masculine participle past
- bolinada feminine participle past
- bolinadas feminine participle past
- bolinas indicative present second-person
- bolina indicative present singular
- bolinamos first-person indicative plural
- bolinais indicative plural present
- bolinam indicative plural present
- bolinava first-person imperfect indicative
- bolinavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolinar?
- Brazil /bo.liˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bo.liˈna(h)]
- /bo.liˈna(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bolinar in Portuguese?
bolinar appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).