privar
Portuguese, verb/pɾiˈva(ʁ)/
privar is spelled P-R-I-V-A-R (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to deprive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar a propriedade de”.
What does privar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deprive
privar algo a alguém
- 2
to prohibit, to take
- 3
to refrain from doing something
tenho de me privar da bebida
- 4
to interact closely with someone
tive oportunidade de privar consigo
- 5
to make private
ela privou sua conta no Facebook
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar a propriedade de 2. desapossar 3. impedir 4. abster
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 privar
- privo first-person present singular
- privei first-person preterite singular
- privado participle past
- privares infinitive second-person singular
- privarmos first-person infinitive plural
- privardes infinitive plural second-person
- privarem infinitive plural third-person
- privando gerund
- privados masculine participle past
- privada feminine participle past
- privadas feminine participle past
- privas indicative present second-person
- priva indicative present singular
- privamos first-person indicative plural
- privais indicative plural present
- privam indicative plural present
- privava first-person imperfect indicative
- privavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privar?
- Brazil /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾiˈva(h)]
- Portugal /pɾi.ˈvaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to privar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privar in Portuguese?
privar appears 1.4 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).