errar
Portuguese, verb/eˈʁa(ʁ)/
errar is spelled E-R-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Errar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to err (make a mistake)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cometer erro em”.
What does errar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to err (make a mistake)
Errei quando mudei de emprego.
- 2
to miss (fail to hit)
A bala errou o alvo.
- 3
to do something incorrectly
Se errares o passo, cairás.
- 4
to roam (wander or travel freely and with no specific destination)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cometer erro em 2. equivocar-se 3. enganar-se 4. cometer erro
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 errar
- erro first-person present singular
- errei first-person preterite singular
- errado participle past
- errares infinitive second-person singular
- errarmos first-person infinitive plural
- errardes infinitive plural second-person
- errarem infinitive plural third-person
- errando gerund
- errados masculine participle past
- errada feminine participle past
- erradas feminine participle past
- erras indicative present second-person
- erra indicative present singular
- erramos first-person indicative plural
- errais indicative plural present
- erram indicative plural present
- errava first-person imperfect indicative
- erravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce errar?
- Brazil /eˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [eˈha(h)]
- /eˈʁa(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 errar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is errar in Portuguese?
errar appears 6.2 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).