herdar
Portuguese, verb/eʁˈda(ʁ)/
herdar is spelled H-E-R-D-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herdar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to inherit (receive property or a title by legal succession, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “receber, obter ou ter direito a receber em virtude de herança”.
What does herdar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inherit (receive property or a title by legal succession, etc.)
- 2
to inherit (receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission)
- 3
to inherit (derive from people or conditions previously in force)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. receber, obter ou ter direito a receber em virtude de herança
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 herdar
- herdo first-person present singular
- herdei first-person preterite singular
- herdado participle past
- herdares infinitive second-person singular
- herdarmos first-person infinitive plural
- herdardes infinitive plural second-person
- herdarem infinitive plural third-person
- herdando gerund
- herdados masculine participle past
- herdada feminine participle past
- herdadas feminine participle past
- herdas indicative present second-person
- herda indicative present singular
- herdamos first-person indicative plural
- herdais indicative plural present
- herdam indicative plural present
- herdava first-person imperfect indicative
- herdavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herdar?
- Brazil /eʁˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [eɦˈda(h)]
- /eɾˈda(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 herdar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herdar in Portuguese?
herdar appears 1.7 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).