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galar

Portuguese, verb/ɡaˈla(ʁ)/

galar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mate with (a female bird) (of a male bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fecundar (quando se fala de galináceos)”.

What does galar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to mate with (a female bird) (of a male bird)

  2. 2

    Portugalcolloquialto ogle

  3. 3

    Portugalcolloquialto woo, to seduce

  4. 4

    Brazilcolloquialto knock up, to get pregnant

  5. 5

    vulgarto cum

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. fecundar (quando se fala de galináceos) 2. olhar de forma insistente e interessada para algo ou alguém 3. cortejar, seduzir 4. ter relações sexuais; copular

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 galar

  • galo first-person present singular
  • galei first-person preterite singular
  • galado participle past
  • galares infinitive second-person singular
  • galarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • galardes infinitive plural second-person
  • galarem infinitive plural third-person
  • galando gerund
  • galados masculine participle past
  • galada feminine participle past
  • galadas feminine participle past
  • galas indicative present second-person
  • gala indicative present singular
  • galamos first-person indicative plural
  • galais indicative plural present
  • galam indicative plural present
  • galava first-person imperfect indicative
  • galavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce galar?

  • Brazil /ɡaˈla(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ɡaˈla(h)]
  • /ɡaˈla(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is galar in Portuguese?

galar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).