sisar
Portuguese, verb/siˈza(ʁ)/
sisar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to shortchange (to give someone less than what they paid for)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impor sisa a”.
What does sisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto collect or charge a tax over sales
- 2
to shortchange (to give someone less than what they paid for)
- 3
to filch; to pinch (to steal, especially something small)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. impor sisa a 2. tributar com sisa
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 sisar
- siso first-person present singular
- sisei first-person preterite singular
- sisado participle past
- sisares infinitive second-person singular
- sisarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sisardes infinitive plural second-person
- sisarem infinitive plural third-person
- sisando gerund
- sisados masculine participle past
- sisada feminine participle past
- sisadas feminine participle past
- sisas indicative present second-person
- sisa indicative present singular
- sisamos first-person indicative plural
- sisais indicative plural present
- sisam indicative plural present
- sisava first-person imperfect indicative
- sisavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sisar?
- Brazil /siˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [siˈza(h)]
- /siˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.