pregar
Portuguese, verb/pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/
pregar is spelled P-R-E-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pregar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fixar ou segurar com pregos”.
What does pregar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)
- 2
to stare
verb
- 1
to preach (give a sermon)
- 2
to preach; to advocate (encourage support)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fixar ou segurar com pregos 2. cravar 3. unir com pontos de costura ou outros meios 4. afixar
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 pregar
- prego first-person present singular
- preguei first-person preterite singular
- pregado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- pregares infinitive second-person singular
- pregarmos first-person infinitive plural
- pregardes infinitive plural second-person
- pregarem infinitive plural third-person
- pregando gerund
- pregados masculine participle past
- pregada feminine participle past
- pregadas feminine participle past
- pregas indicative present second-person
- prega indicative present singular
- pregamos first-person indicative plural
- pregais indicative plural present
- pregam indicative plural present
- pregava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pregar?
- Brazil /pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾeˈɡa(h)]
- /pɾeˈɡa(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 pregar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pregar in Portuguese?
pregar appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).