preparar
Portuguese, verb/pɾe.paˈɾa(ʁ)/
preparar is spelled P-R-E-P-A-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,566th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preparar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prepare, to get ready (to make ready for a specific future purpose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispor com antecedência”.
What does preparar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prepare, to get ready (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
- 2
to cook, to prepare
- 3
to plan
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dispor com antecedência 2. planear 3. fomentar 4. obter por meio de operações químicas, físicas, etc.
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 preparar
- preparo first-person present singular
- preparei first-person preterite singular
- preparado participle past
- preparares infinitive second-person singular
- prepararmos first-person infinitive plural
- preparardes infinitive plural second-person
- prepararem infinitive plural third-person
- preparando gerund
- preparados masculine participle past
- preparada feminine participle past
- preparadas feminine participle past
- preparas indicative present second-person
- prepara indicative present singular
- preparamos first-person indicative plural
- preparais indicative plural present
- preparam indicative plural present
- preparava first-person imperfect indicative
- preparavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preparar?
- Brazil /pɾe.paˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾe.paˈɾa(h)]
- /pɾe.paˈɾa(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 preparar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preparar in Portuguese?
preparar appears 35 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).