focar
Portuguese, verb/foˈka(ʁ)/
focar is spelled F-O-C-A-R (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Focar is a Portuguese verb meaning “(transitive) to focus (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dirigir o foco luminoso a um ponto”.
What does focar mean in English?
verb
- 1
(transitive) to focus (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
- 2
to focus; to concentrate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dirigir o foco luminoso a um ponto 2. ajustar as lentes dum aparato óptico para dar nitidez à imagem 3. dirigir a atenção a um lugar determinado 4. olhar com atenção
verb: 1. usar o porco o focinho para escavar ou remexer 2. seguir pelo faro, farejar
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 focar
- foco first-person present singular
- foquei first-person preterite singular
- focado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- focares infinitive second-person singular
- focarmos first-person infinitive plural
- focardes infinitive plural second-person
- focarem infinitive plural third-person
- focando gerund
- focados masculine participle past
- focada feminine participle past
- focadas feminine participle past
- focas indicative present second-person
- foca indicative present singular
- focamos first-person indicative plural
- focais indicative plural present
- focam indicative plural present
- focava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce focar?
- Brazil /foˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [foˈka(h)]
- /foˈka(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 focar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is focar in Portuguese?
focar appears 12 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).