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rabear

Portuguese, verb/ʁa.beˈa(ʁ)/

rabear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mover o rabo”.

What does rabear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to wag

  2. 2

    to move out of restlessness or because one is bothered

  3. 3

    to drive a plough

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. mover o rabo

verb: 1. sofrer

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 rabear

  • rabeio first-person present singular
  • rabeei first-person preterite singular
  • rabeado participle past
  • rabeares infinitive second-person singular
  • rabearmos first-person infinitive plural
  • rabeardes infinitive plural second-person
  • rabearem infinitive plural third-person
  • rabeando gerund
  • rabeados masculine participle past
  • rabeada feminine participle past
  • rabeadas feminine participle past
  • rabeias indicative present second-person
  • rabeia indicative present singular
  • rabeamos first-person indicative plural
  • rabeais indicative plural present
  • rabeiam indicative plural present
  • rabeava first-person imperfect indicative
  • rabeavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce rabear?

  • Brazil /ʁa.beˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ha.beˈa(h)]
  • Brazil /ʁa.biˈa(ʁ)/

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