planar
Portuguese, verb/plaˈna(ʁ)/
planar is spelled P-L-A-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to glide (to fly unpowered)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “realizar o voo (ave, peixe ou outro animal) sem realizar movimentos para sustentar-se no ar, servindo-se…”.
What does planar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glide (to fly unpowered)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz respeito a plano 2. que é liso, chato, raso 3. na teoria dos grafos, diz-se do grafo que pode ser representado em um plano sem qualquer intersecção entre arestas
verb: 1. realizar o voo (ave, peixe ou outro animal) sem realizar movimentos para sustentar-se no ar, servindo-se apenas do fluxo do ar ou de algum impulso inicial 2. tipo de voo no qual uma aeronave usa do fluxo aerodinâmico para manter-se no ar, sem uso de algum propulsor 3. realizar esse tipo de voo por qualquer outro veículo 4. estar (alguém) em posição superior, acima dos demais
verb: 1. primeira e terceira pessoas do singular do infinito pessoal do verbo planar 2. infinitivo impessoal de planar
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 planar
- plano first-person present singular
- planei first-person preterite singular
- planado participle past
- planares infinitive second-person singular
- planarmos first-person infinitive plural
- planardes infinitive plural second-person
- planarem infinitive plural third-person
- planando gerund
- planados masculine participle past
- planada feminine participle past
- planadas feminine participle past
- planas indicative present second-person
- plana indicative present singular
- planamos first-person indicative plural
- planais indicative plural present
- planam indicative plural present
- planava first-person imperfect indicative
- planavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce planar?
- Brazil /plaˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [plaˈna(h)]
- /plaˈna(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 planar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planar in Portuguese?
planar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).