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calangar

Portuguese, verb/ka.lɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/

calangar is spelled C-A-L-A-N-G-A-R (8 letters). Calangar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rest; to slack off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does calangar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto rest; to slack off

  2. 2

    colloquialto idle; to drag out (take a long time to do something)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of calangar

  • calango first-person present singular
  • calanguei first-person preterite singular
  • calangado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • calangares infinitive second-person singular
  • calangarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • calangardes infinitive plural second-person
  • calangarem infinitive plural third-person
  • calangando gerund
  • calangados masculine participle past
  • calangada feminine participle past
  • calangadas feminine participle past
  • calangas indicative present second-person
  • calanga indicative present singular
  • calangamos first-person indicative plural
  • calangais indicative plural present
  • calangam indicative plural present
  • calangava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce calangar?

  • Brazil /ka.lɐ̃ˈɡa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ka.lɐ̃ˈɡa(h)]
  • /ka.lɐ̃ˈɡa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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