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sarrafar

Portuguese, verb/sa.ʁaˈfa(ʁ)/

sarrafar is a Portuguese verb meaning “alternative form of sarrafaçar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cortar alguma coisa com instrumento mal afiado”.

What does sarrafar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    alternative form of sarrafaçar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. cortar alguma coisa com instrumento mal afiado 2. fazer barulho, cortando ou aguçando 3. trabalhar mal, grosseiramente

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 sarrafar

  • sarrafo first-person present singular
  • sarrafei first-person preterite singular
  • sarrafado participle past
  • sarrafares infinitive second-person singular
  • sarrafarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • sarrafardes infinitive plural second-person
  • sarrafarem infinitive plural third-person
  • sarrafando gerund
  • sarrafados masculine participle past
  • sarrafada feminine participle past
  • sarrafadas feminine participle past
  • sarrafas indicative present second-person
  • sarrafa indicative present singular
  • sarrafamos first-person indicative plural
  • sarrafais indicative plural present
  • sarrafam indicative plural present
  • sarrafava first-person imperfect indicative
  • sarrafavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce sarrafar?

  • Brazil /sa.ʁaˈfa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [sa.haˈfa(h)]

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