lanchar
Portuguese, verb/lɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
lanchar is spelled L-A-N-C-H-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lanchar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to have the afternoon tea, or high tea (one of Portuguese formal meals, typically around 5 p.m.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lanchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to have the afternoon tea, or high tea (one of Portuguese formal meals, typically around 5 p.m.)
- 2
to have a snack (food eaten between meals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lanchar
- lancho first-person present singular
- lanchei first-person preterite singular
- lanchado participle past
- lanchares infinitive second-person singular
- lancharmos first-person infinitive plural
- lanchardes infinitive plural second-person
- lancharem infinitive plural third-person
- lanchando gerund
- lanchados masculine participle past
- lanchada feminine participle past
- lanchadas feminine participle past
- lanchas indicative present second-person
- lancha indicative present singular
- lanchamos first-person indicative plural
- lanchais indicative plural present
- lancham indicative plural present
- lanchava first-person imperfect indicative
- lanchavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lanchar?
- Brazil /lɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [lɐ̃ˈʃa(h)]
- /lɐ̃ˈʃa(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 lanchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lanchar in Portuguese?
lanchar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).