filar
Portuguese, verb/fiˈla(ʁ)/
filar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to grab; to seize; to catch; to take hold of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does filar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grab; to seize; to catch; to take hold of
- 2
Brazilinformalto get for free
- 3
Brazilinformalto cheat on an exam or test
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of filar
- filo first-person present singular
- filei first-person preterite singular
- filado participle past
- filares infinitive second-person singular
- filarmos first-person infinitive plural
- filardes infinitive plural second-person
- filarem infinitive plural third-person
- filando gerund
- filados masculine participle past
- filada feminine participle past
- filadas feminine participle past
- filas indicative present second-person
- fila indicative present singular
- filamos first-person indicative plural
- filais indicative plural present
- filam indicative plural present
- filava first-person imperfect indicative
- filavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filar?
- Brazil /fiˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fiˈla(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is filar in Portuguese?
filar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).