gerar
Portuguese, verb/ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/
gerar is spelled G-E-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to generate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar(-se) origem a”.
What does gerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to generate
- 2
to beget
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar(-se) origem a: 2. formar: 3. causar: 4. traçar o gráfico representativo de uma equação ou de qualquer outra ideia
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 gerar
- gero first-person present singular
- gerei first-person preterite singular
- gerado participle past
- gerares infinitive second-person singular
- gerarmos first-person infinitive plural
- gerardes infinitive plural second-person
- gerarem infinitive plural third-person
- gerando gerund
- gerados masculine participle past
- gerada feminine participle past
- geradas feminine participle past
- geras indicative present second-person
- gera indicative present singular
- geramos first-person indicative plural
- gerais indicative plural present
- geram indicative plural present
- gerava first-person imperfect indicative
- geravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gerar?
- Brazil /ʒeˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒeˈɾa(h)]
- /ʒeˈɾa(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 gerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerar in Portuguese?
gerar appears 26 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).