no ar
Portuguese, adjective
no ar is a Portuguese adjective meaning “on air, live (transmitting live)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does no ar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
on air, live (transmitting live)
- 2
susceptible to perception and senses, present in the atmosphere
- 3
informalfuzzy (not clearly defined or stated)
- 4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, ar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. não solucionado; indecidido 2. na iminência (real ou aparente) de acontecer 3. em suspenso, vagando para a percepção de todos
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 no ar
- ao ar alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).