lavrar
Portuguese, verb/laˈvɾa(ʁ)/
lavrar is spelled L-A-V-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lavrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to plough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preparar a terra para o plantio”.
What does lavrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plough
- 2
to cultivate
- 3
to spread
O incêndio já lavra há várias horas.
- 4
to draw up
O documento foi lavrado e lacrado.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. preparar a terra para o plantio 2. emitir ou expressar de forma escrita 3. ordenar, decretar, excetuar ação oficial 4. cunhar moedas
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 lavrar
- lavro first-person present singular
- lavrei first-person preterite singular
- lavrado participle past
- lavrares infinitive second-person singular
- lavrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- lavrardes infinitive plural second-person
- lavrarem infinitive plural third-person
- lavrando gerund
- lavrados masculine participle past
- lavrada feminine participle past
- lavradas feminine participle past
- lavras indicative present second-person
- lavra indicative present singular
- lavramos first-person indicative plural
- lavrais indicative plural present
- lavram indicative plural present
- lavrava first-person imperfect indicative
- lavravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lavrar?
- Brazil /laˈvɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [laˈvɾa(h)]
- /laˈvɾa(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 lavrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lavrar in Portuguese?
lavrar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).