obrar
Portuguese, verb/oˈbɾa(ʁ)/
obrar is spelled O-B-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to work (to perform a work or labour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “converter em outra obra; fazer, construir, executar, realizar”.
What does obrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to work (to perform a work or labour)
- 2
informalto defecate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. converter em outra obra; fazer, construir, executar, realizar 2. urdir, maquinar, compor, causar 3. construir, fabricar, edificar 4. tramar
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 obrar
- obro first-person present singular
- obrei first-person preterite singular
- obrado participle past
- obrares infinitive second-person singular
- obrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- obrardes infinitive plural second-person
- obrarem infinitive plural third-person
- obrando gerund
- obrados masculine participle past
- obrada feminine participle past
- obradas feminine participle past
- obras indicative present second-person
- obra indicative present singular
- obramos first-person indicative plural
- obrais indicative plural present
- obram indicative plural present
- obrava first-person imperfect indicative
- obravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obrar?
- Brazil /oˈbɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [oˈbɾa(h)]
- /oˈbɾa(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 obrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obrar in Portuguese?
obrar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).