forjar
Portuguese, verb/foʁˈʒa(ʁ)/
forjar is spelled F-O-R-J-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forjar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to forge (to shape a metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fabricar”.
What does forjar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forge (to shape a metal)
- 2
to forge (to create a forgery of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fabricar 2. aquecer e trabalhar na forja
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 forjar
- forjo first-person present singular
- forjei first-person preterite singular
- forjado participle past
- forjares infinitive second-person singular
- forjarmos first-person infinitive plural
- forjardes infinitive plural second-person
- forjarem infinitive plural third-person
- forjando gerund
- forjados masculine participle past
- forjada feminine participle past
- forjadas feminine participle past
- forjas indicative present second-person
- forja indicative present singular
- forjamos first-person indicative plural
- forjais indicative plural present
- forjam indicative plural present
- forjava first-person imperfect indicative
- forjavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forjar?
- Brazil /foʁˈʒa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [foɦˈʒa(h)]
- /foɾˈʒa(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 forjar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forjar in Portuguese?
forjar appears 1.7 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).