rezar
Portuguese, verb/ʁeˈza(ʁ)/
rezar is spelled R-E-Z-A-R (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rezar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pray (to talk to a god)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apresentar um pedido ou agradecimento (por graça alcançada) a Deus ou a um objeto de devoção”.
What does rezar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pray (to talk to a god)
Eles rezavam antes de chegar o carrasco.
- 2
to pray (to recite a given prayer)
Rezei até muito tarde na igreja.
- 3
to celebrate (to perform mass); the object is almost always missa (“mass”)
O padre já estava cansado de rezar tantas missas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apresentar um pedido ou agradecimento (por graça alcançada) a Deus ou a um objeto de devoção 2. dizer, prescrever
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 rezar
- rezo first-person present singular
- rezei first-person preterite singular
- rezado participle past
- rezares infinitive second-person singular
- rezarmos first-person infinitive plural
- rezardes infinitive plural second-person
- rezarem infinitive plural third-person
- rezando gerund
- rezados masculine participle past
- rezada feminine participle past
- rezadas feminine participle past
- rezas indicative present second-person
- reza indicative present singular
- rezamos first-person indicative plural
- rezais indicative plural present
- rezam indicative plural present
- rezava first-person imperfect indicative
- rezavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rezar?
- Brazil /ʁeˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [heˈza(h)]
- /ʁeˈza(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 rezar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rezar in Portuguese?
rezar appears 10 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).