calibrar
Portuguese, verb/ka.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/
calibrar is spelled C-A-L-I-B-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calibrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to calibrate (to check or adjust by comparison with a standard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medir o calibre de”.
What does calibrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calibrate (to check or adjust by comparison with a standard)
- 2
Brazilto inflate (to fill with gas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. medir o calibre de 2. dar o calibre conveniente a 3. adicionar ou retirar ar de um pneu para que a pressão interna fique adequada 4. ajustar um equipamento para que ele funcione conforme epecificado
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 calibrar
- calibro first-person present singular
- calibrei first-person preterite singular
- calibrado participle past
- calibrares infinitive second-person singular
- calibrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- calibrardes infinitive plural second-person
- calibrarem infinitive plural third-person
- calibrando gerund
- calibrados masculine participle past
- calibrada feminine participle past
- calibradas feminine participle past
- calibras indicative present second-person
- calibra indicative present singular
- calibramos first-person indicative plural
- calibrais indicative plural present
- calibram indicative plural present
- calibrava first-person imperfect indicative
- calibravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calibrar?
- Brazil /ka.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ka.liˈbɾa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calibrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calibrar in Portuguese?
calibrar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).