gabar
Portuguese, verb/ɡaˈba(ʁ)/
gabar is spelled G-A-B-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gabar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to praise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer o elogio de; louvar; enaltecer; lisonjear”.
What does gabar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to praise
- 2
to brag, boast
Ele se gaba de poder falar seis idiomas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer o elogio de; louvar; enaltecer; lisonjear 2. vangloriar-se; blasonar; mostra-se orgulhoso de si mesmo em demasia
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 gabar
- gabo first-person present singular
- gabei first-person preterite singular
- gabado participle past
- gabares infinitive second-person singular
- gabarmos first-person infinitive plural
- gabardes infinitive plural second-person
- gabarem infinitive plural third-person
- gabando gerund
- gabados masculine participle past
- gabada feminine participle past
- gabadas feminine participle past
- gabas indicative present second-person
- gaba indicative present singular
- gabamos first-person indicative plural
- gabais indicative plural present
- gabam indicative plural present
- gabava first-person imperfect indicative
- gabavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gabar?
- Brazil /ɡaˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡaˈba(h)]
- /ɡaˈba(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 gabar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gabar in Portuguese?
gabar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).