fechar
Portuguese, verb/feˈʃa(ʁ)/
fechar is spelled F-E-C-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,967th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fechar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to close” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cerrar com chave, aldraba, tranca ou outro meio; encerrar; rematar”.
What does fechar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to close
- 2
to conclude (an agreement)
- 3
to complete (all levels of a video game)
- 4
to shut down (emotionally withdraw into oneself as a defense mechanism)
- 5
to cut off (to swerve in front of another car while driving)
- 6
Brazilcolloquialto completely cover a part of the body with tattoos
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cerrar com chave, aldraba, tranca ou outro meio; encerrar; rematar 2. findar; cicatrizar; unir-se 3. terminar; calar-se; encerrar-se 4. pôr de modo a que fique a recobrir uma determinada área por completo
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 fechar
- fecho first-person present singular
- fechei first-person preterite singular
- fechado participle past
- fechares infinitive second-person singular
- fecharmos first-person infinitive plural
- fechardes infinitive plural second-person
- fecharem infinitive plural third-person
- fechando gerund
- fechados masculine participle past
- fechada feminine participle past
- fechadas feminine participle past
- fechas indicative present second-person
- fecha indicative present singular
- fechamos first-person indicative plural
- fechais indicative plural present
- fecham indicative plural present
- fechava first-person imperfect indicative
- fechavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fechar?
- Brazil /feˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [feˈʃa(h)]
- /feˈʃa(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 fechar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fechar in Portuguese?
fechar appears 48 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).