figurar
Portuguese, verb/fi.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/
figurar is spelled F-I-G-U-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to look like; to resemble (be similar in appearance to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “representar por meio de figura”.
What does figurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look like; to resemble (be similar in appearance to)
- 2
to symbolize; to represent (be symbolic of)
- 3
to depict
- 4
to figure, to feature, to be featured (be a part of) (often prominently)
- 5
to fake; to feign; to simulate (make a false display of)
- 6
to star, to act (work as an actor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. representar por meio de figura 2. simbolizar 3. aparecer, fazer parte de 4. conceber, imaginar, fantasiar
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 figurar
- figuro first-person present singular
- figurei first-person preterite singular
- figurado participle past
- figurares infinitive second-person singular
- figurarmos first-person infinitive plural
- figurardes infinitive plural second-person
- figurarem infinitive plural third-person
- figurando gerund
- figurados masculine participle past
- figurada feminine participle past
- figuradas feminine participle past
- figuras indicative present second-person
- figura indicative present singular
- figuramos first-person indicative plural
- figurais indicative plural present
- figuram indicative plural present
- figurava first-person imperfect indicative
- figuravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce figurar?
- Brazil /fi.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fi.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is figurar in Portuguese?
figurar appears 1.1 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).