cansar
Portuguese, verb/kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/
cansar is spelled C-A-N-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cansar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tire, weary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar cansaço; fatigar”.
What does cansar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tire, weary
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar cansaço; fatigar 2. aborrecer; importunar; molestar 3. cessar; parar; deixar 4. fatigar-se, sentir cansaço
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 cansar
- canso first-person present singular
- cansei first-person preterite singular
- cansado participle past
- cansares infinitive second-person singular
- cansarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cansardes infinitive plural second-person
- cansarem infinitive plural third-person
- cansando gerund
- cansados masculine participle past
- cansada feminine participle past
- cansadas feminine participle past
- cansas indicative present second-person
- cansa indicative present singular
- cansamos first-person indicative plural
- cansais indicative plural present
- cansam indicative plural present
- cansava first-person imperfect indicative
- cansavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cansar?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɐ̃ˈsa(h)]
- /kɐ̃ˈsa(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 cansar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cansar in Portuguese?
cansar appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).