formar
Portuguese, verb/foʁˈma(ʁ)/
formar is spelled F-O-R-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,999th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar forma a; constituir; compor”.
What does formar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to form
- 2
to graduate, to receive a degree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar forma a; constituir; compor 2. promover a formatura de; educar 3. entrar na formatura ou na forma 4. fazer um curso universitário; educar-se; desenvolver-se
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 formar
- formo first-person present singular
- formei first-person preterite singular
- formado participle past
- formares infinitive second-person singular
- formarmos first-person infinitive plural
- formardes infinitive plural second-person
- formarem infinitive plural third-person
- formando gerund
- formados masculine participle past
- formada feminine participle past
- formadas feminine participle past
- formas indicative present second-person
- forma indicative present singular
- formamos first-person indicative plural
- formais indicative plural present
- formam indicative plural present
- formava first-person imperfect indicative
- formavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formar?
- Brazil /foʁˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [foɦˈma(h)]
- /foɾˈma(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 formar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formar in Portuguese?
formar appears 30 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).