quasar
Portuguese, noun/kwaˈzaʁ/
quasar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quasar (an extragalactic object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fonte de rádio cósmica de aparência estelar cujas ondas de rádio emitidas sejam mais intensas que as das…”.
What does quasar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequasar (an extragalactic object)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fonte de rádio cósmica de aparência estelar cujas ondas de rádio emitidas sejam mais intensas que as das galáxias 2. objeto celestial de aparência estelar cujo espectro apresente um intenso desvio ao vermelho
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 quasar
- quasares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quasar?
- Brazil /kwaˈzaʁ/
- Brazil [kwaˈzah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quasar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quasar in Portuguese?
quasar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).