garimpar
Portuguese, verb/ɡa.ɾĩˈpa(ʁ)/
garimpar is spelled G-A-R-I-M-P-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garimpar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exercer o ofício de garimpeiro”.
What does garimpar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto mine
- 2
Brazilto search for something valueable
- 3
Brazilto search for something rare
- 4
Brazilcolloquialto pick one's nose
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. exercer o ofício de garimpeiro
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 garimpar
- garimpo first-person present singular
- garimpei first-person preterite singular
- garimpado participle past
- garimpares infinitive second-person singular
- garimparmos first-person infinitive plural
- garimpardes infinitive plural second-person
- garimparem infinitive plural third-person
- garimpando gerund
- garimpados masculine participle past
- garimpada feminine participle past
- garimpadas feminine participle past
- garimpas indicative present second-person
- garimpa indicative present singular
- garimpamos first-person indicative plural
- garimpais indicative plural present
- garimpam indicative plural present
- garimpava first-person imperfect indicative
- garimpavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garimpar?
- Brazil /ɡa.ɾĩˈpa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡa.ɾĩˈpa(h)]
- /ɡa.ɾĩˈpa(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 garimpar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garimpar in Portuguese?
garimpar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).