malandrar
Portuguese, verb/ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ʁ)/
malandrar is spelled M-A-L-A-N-D-R-A-R (9 letters). Malandrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to get by by taking advantage of other people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does malandrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get by by taking advantage of other people
- 2
to idle (to spend time not doing anything productive)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of malandrar
- malandro first-person present singular
- malandrei first-person preterite singular
- malandrado participle past
- malandrares infinitive second-person singular
- malandrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- malandrardes infinitive plural second-person
- malandrarem infinitive plural third-person
- malandrando gerund
- malandrados masculine participle past
- malandrada feminine participle past
- malandradas feminine participle past
- malandras indicative present second-person
- malandra indicative present singular
- malandramos first-person indicative plural
- malandrais indicative plural present
- malandram indicative plural present
- malandrava first-person imperfect indicative
- malandravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malandrar?
- Brazil /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.