dar
Portuguese, verb/ˈda(ʁ)/
dar is spelled D-A-R (3 letters) and appears 562 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 163rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transferir a posse de algo, gratuitamente, para outrem”.
What does dar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transfer one’s possession of something to someone without anything in return
Dar-te-ei um livro.
- 2
to hand over (to pass something into someone’s hand)
Dá-me tua mão.
- 3
to make a present or gift of
Dei flores à minha mulher.
- 4
to provide a service
A Igreja dá conforto aos pobres.
- 5
to administer (to cause to take (medicine))
Demos insulina a ele.
- 6
to give; to issue; to emit
O João vai nos dar recomendações.
- 7
to carry out a physical interaction with something
Ela deu-me um beijo.
- 8
to cause a sensation or feeling
A cerca me deu um choque elétrico.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transferir a posse de algo, gratuitamente, para outrem 2. oferecer 3. fazer doação de 4. atribuir
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 dar
- dou first-person present singular
- dei first-person preterite singular
- dado participle past
- dares infinitive second-person singular
- darmos first-person infinitive plural
- dardes infinitive plural second-person
- darem infinitive plural third-person
- dando gerund
- dados masculine participle past
- dada feminine participle past
- dadas feminine participle past
- dás indicative present second-person
- dá indicative present singular
- damos first-person indicative plural
- dais indicative plural present
- dão indicative plural present
- dava first-person imperfect indicative
- davas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dar?
- Brazil /ˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˈda(h)]
- /ˈda(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 dar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dar in Portuguese?
dar appears 562 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).