refinar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.fiˈna(ʁ)/
refinar is spelled R-E-F-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refinar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to refine, purify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levar ao estado fino, sem misturas ou puro; tirar impuridades; liberar de liga; separar de matéria estranha…”.
What does refinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refine, purify
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. levar ao estado fino, sem misturas ou puro; tirar impuridades; liberar de liga; separar de matéria estranha; purificar 2. purificar de que é grosso, vulgar, inelegante, baixo, etc; fazer mais elegante ou excelente; polir
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 refinar
- refino first-person present singular
- refinei first-person preterite singular
- refinado participle past
- refinares infinitive second-person singular
- refinarmos first-person infinitive plural
- refinardes infinitive plural second-person
- refinarem infinitive plural third-person
- refinando gerund
- refinados masculine participle past
- refinada feminine participle past
- refinadas feminine participle past
- refinas indicative present second-person
- refina indicative present singular
- refinamos first-person indicative plural
- refinais indicative plural present
- refinam indicative plural present
- refinava first-person imperfect indicative
- refinavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refinar?
- Brazil /ʁe.fiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.fiˈna(h)]
- /ʁe.fiˈna(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 refinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refinar in Portuguese?
refinar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).