safar
Portuguese, verb/saˈfa(ʁ)/
safar is spelled S-A-F-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Safar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pull out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “libertar algo que estava preso, desembaraçar”.
What does safar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pull out
- 2
to steal
- 3
to erase
- 4
to wear out
- 5
colloquialto save
- 6
to escape
- 7
to avoid
- 8
to do well
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. libertar algo que estava preso, desembaraçar 2. evitar um conflito, fugir da relação com uma pessoa 3. extrair 4. subtrair, roubar
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 safar
- safo first-person present singular
- safei first-person preterite singular
- safado participle past
- safares infinitive second-person singular
- safarmos first-person infinitive plural
- safardes infinitive plural second-person
- safarem infinitive plural third-person
- safando gerund
- safados masculine participle past
- safada feminine participle past
- safadas feminine participle past
- safas indicative present second-person
- safa indicative present singular
- safamos first-person indicative plural
- safais indicative plural present
- safam indicative plural present
- safava first-person imperfect indicative
- safavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce safar?
- Brazil /saˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [saˈfa(h)]
- /saˈfa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is safar in Portuguese?
safar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).