ganhar
Portuguese, verb/ɡɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
ganhar is spelled G-A-N-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 786th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to win (to achieve victory in a game, a war, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adquirir”.
What does ganhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to win (to achieve victory in a game, a war, etc)
- 2
to earn (to receive payment for work)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. adquirir 2. alcançar 3. vencer 4. obter de outra pessoa
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 ganhar
- ganho first-person present singular
- ganhei first-person preterite singular
- ganhado participle past
- ganhares infinitive second-person singular
- ganharmos first-person infinitive plural
- ganhardes infinitive plural second-person
- ganharem infinitive plural third-person
- ganhando gerund
- ganhos masculine participle past
- ganha feminine participle past
- ganhas feminine participle past
- ganhados long-form masculine participle
- ganhada feminine long-form participle
- ganhadas feminine long-form participle
- ganhamos first-person indicative plural
- ganhais indicative plural present
- ganham indicative plural present
- ganhava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ganhar?
- Brazil /ɡɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- /ɡɐ̃ˈɲa(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 ganhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ganhar in Portuguese?
ganhar appears 123 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).