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nerfar

Portuguese, verb/neʁˈfa(ʁ)/

nerfar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to nerf (to reduce the effectiveness of something in a video game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reduzir a força ou efetividade de algo (por exemplo, um personagem) em um jogo eletrônico”.

What does nerfar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    slangto nerf (to reduce the effectiveness of something in a video game)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. reduzir a força ou efetividade de algo (por exemplo, um personagem) em um jogo eletrônico

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 nerfar

  • nerfo first-person present singular
  • nerfei first-person preterite singular
  • nerfado participle past
  • nerfares infinitive second-person singular
  • nerfarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • nerfardes infinitive plural second-person
  • nerfarem infinitive plural third-person
  • nerfando gerund
  • nerfados masculine participle past
  • nerfada feminine participle past
  • nerfadas feminine participle past
  • nerfas indicative present second-person
  • nerfa indicative present singular
  • nerfamos first-person indicative plural
  • nerfais indicative plural present
  • nerfam indicative plural present
  • nerfava first-person imperfect indicative
  • nerfavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nerfar?

  • Brazil /neʁˈfa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [nehˈfa(h)]
  • /neɾˈfa(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 nerfar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.