cavar
Portuguese, verb/kaˈva(ʁ)/
cavar is spelled C-A-V-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dig, excavate, burrow, scoop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrir ou revolver a terra com enxada ou sacho; escavar; sachar”.
What does cavar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dig, excavate, burrow, scoop
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abrir ou revolver a terra com enxada ou sacho; escavar; sachar 2. abrir a cava em roupa 3. tornar côncavo 4. contribuir para; investigar
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 cavar
- cavo first-person present singular
- cavei first-person preterite singular
- cavado participle past
- cavares infinitive second-person singular
- cavarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cavardes infinitive plural second-person
- cavarem infinitive plural third-person
- cavando gerund
- cavados masculine participle past
- cavada feminine participle past
- cavadas feminine participle past
- cavas indicative present second-person
- cava indicative present singular
- cavamos first-person indicative plural
- cavais indicative plural present
- cavam indicative plural present
- cavava first-person imperfect indicative
- cavavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavar?
- Brazil /kaˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kaˈva(h)]
- Portugal /kɐ.ˈvaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavar in Portuguese?
cavar appears 1.8 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).