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canjar

Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/

canjar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “khanjar (Arabian dagger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does canjar mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinekhanjar (Arabian dagger)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. cambiar 2. mudar de cor ou de rumo

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 canjar

  • canjares plural
  • khanjar alternative
  • canjando gerund
  • canjado participle
  • canjo singular first-person indicative
  • canjas singular second-person indicative
  • canja singular third-person indicative
  • canjamos plural first-person indicative
  • canjais plural second-person indicative
  • canjam plural third-person indicative
  • canjava singular first-person indicative
  • canjavas singular second-person indicative
  • canjávamos plural first-person indicative
  • canjáveis plural second-person indicative
  • canjavam plural third-person indicative
  • canjei singular first-person indicative
  • canjaste singular second-person indicative
  • canjou singular third-person indicative

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

How do you pronounce canjar?

  • Brazil /kɐ̃ˈʒa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [kɐ̃ˈʒa(h)]
  • /kɐ̃ˈʒa(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 canjar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.