liar
Portuguese, verb/liˈa(ʁ)/
liar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unir ou apertar com nó; ligar, atar, prender”.
What does liar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tie
- 2
to connect, to link
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unir ou apertar com nó; ligar, atar, prender 2. estreitar a relação 3. torrar milho 4. brigar, combater, lutar
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 liar
- lio first-person present singular
- liei first-person preterite singular
- liado participle past
- liares infinitive second-person singular
- liarmos first-person infinitive plural
- liardes infinitive plural second-person
- liarem infinitive plural third-person
- liando gerund
- liados masculine participle past
- liada feminine participle past
- liadas feminine participle past
- lias indicative present second-person
- lia indicative present singular
- liamos first-person indicative plural
- liais indicative plural present
- liam indicative plural present
- liava first-person imperfect indicative
- liavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liar?
- Brazil /liˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [liˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ˈlja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is liar in Portuguese?
liar 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).