flagrar
Portuguese, verb/flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/
flagrar is spelled F-L-A-G-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flagrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to catch in the act (to catch someone doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arder em chamas; deflagrar, inflamar, queimar”.
What does flagrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto catch in the act (to catch someone doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong)
O criminoso foi flagrado saindo da casa roubada.
- 2
to burn, to blaze
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. arder em chamas; deflagrar, inflamar, queimar 2. registrar (o momento de uma ocorrência); surpreender 3. realizar o flagrante de; comprovar
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 flagrar
- flagro first-person present singular
- flagrei first-person preterite singular
- flagrado participle past
- flagrares infinitive second-person singular
- flagrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- flagrardes infinitive plural second-person
- flagrarem infinitive plural third-person
- flagrando gerund
- flagrados masculine participle past
- flagrada feminine participle past
- flagradas feminine participle past
- flagras indicative present second-person
- flagra indicative present singular
- flagramos first-person indicative plural
- flagrais indicative plural present
- flagram indicative plural present
- flagrava first-person imperfect indicative
- flagravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flagrar?
- Brazil /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [flaˈɡɾa(h)]
- /flaˈɡɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is flagrar in Portuguese?
flagrar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).