orçar
Portuguese, verb/oʁˈsa(ʁ)/
orçar is spelled O-R-Ç-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to calculate, compute, reckon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “calcular, computar”.
What does orçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calculate, compute, reckon
- 2
to budget
- 3
to quote, estimate (supply a quotation / estimate for work)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. calcular, computar 2. designar previamente o que se tem a despender com 3. designar aproximadamente (uma despesa futura) 4. atingir ou ter aproximadamente (valor ou número)
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 orçar
- orço first-person present singular
- orcei first-person preterite singular
- orçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- orçares infinitive second-person singular
- orçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- orçardes infinitive plural second-person
- orçarem infinitive plural third-person
- orçando gerund
- orçados masculine participle past
- orçada feminine participle past
- orçadas feminine participle past
- orças indicative present second-person
- orça indicative present singular
- orçamos first-person indicative plural
- orçais indicative plural present
- orçam indicative plural present
- orçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orçar?
- Brazil /oʁˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ohˈsa(h)]
- /oɾˈsa(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 orçar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orçar in Portuguese?
orçar appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).