frear
Portuguese, verb/fɾeˈa(ʁ)/
frear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to brake, to decelerate, to slow down, to rein in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diminuir a velocidade por meio de freios”.
What does frear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brake, to decelerate, to slow down, to rein in
- 2
Brazilto prevent; detain
- 3
Brazilto contain (oneself); repress (oneself); moderate; refrain (oneself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. diminuir a velocidade por meio de freios
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 frear
- freio first-person present singular
- freei first-person preterite singular
- freado participle past
- freares infinitive second-person singular
- frearmos first-person infinitive plural
- freardes infinitive plural second-person
- frearem infinitive plural third-person
- freando gerund
- freados masculine participle past
- freada feminine participle past
- freadas feminine participle past
- freias indicative present second-person
- freia indicative present singular
- freamos first-person indicative plural
- freais indicative plural present
- freiam indicative plural present
- freava first-person imperfect indicative
- freavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frear?
- Brazil /fɾeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fɾeˈa(h)]
- Brazil /fɾejˈa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frear in Portuguese?
frear appears 1.4 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).