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queijar

Portuguese, verb/ke(j)ˈʒa(ʁ)/

queijar is spelled Q-U-E-I-J-A-R (7 letters). Queijar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make cheese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer queijos”.

What does queijar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make cheese

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. fazer queijos 2. tornar-se queijo

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 queijar

  • queijo first-person present singular
  • queijei first-person preterite singular
  • queijado participle past
  • queijares infinitive second-person singular
  • queijarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • queijardes infinitive plural second-person
  • queijarem infinitive plural third-person
  • queijando gerund
  • queijados masculine participle past
  • queijada feminine participle past
  • queijadas feminine participle past
  • queijas indicative present second-person
  • queija indicative present singular
  • queijamos first-person indicative plural
  • queijais indicative plural present
  • queijam indicative plural present
  • queijava first-person imperfect indicative
  • queijavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce queijar?

  • Brazil /ke(j)ˈʒa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʒa(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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