decorar
Portuguese, verb/de.koˈɾa(ʁ)/
decorar is spelled D-E-C-O-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decorar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to learn by heart, to memorize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aprender de cor, memorizar”.
What does decorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to learn by heart, to memorize
Estou decorando um texto.
verb
- 1
to decorate, adorn, ornament
Eles decoraram a sala.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aprender de cor, memorizar: 2. ornamentar, enfeitar, arrumar:
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 decorar
- decoro first-person present singular
- decorei first-person preterite singular
- decorado participle past
- decorares infinitive second-person singular
- decorarmos first-person infinitive plural
- decorardes infinitive plural second-person
- decorarem infinitive plural third-person
- decorando gerund
- decorados masculine participle past
- decorada feminine participle past
- decoradas feminine participle past
- decoras indicative present second-person
- decora indicative present singular
- decoramos first-person indicative plural
- decorais indicative plural present
- decoram indicative plural present
- decorava first-person imperfect indicative
- decoravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decorar?
- Brazil /de.koˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.koˈɾa(h)]
- /de.koˈɾa(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 decorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decorar in Portuguese?
decorar appears 4.7 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).