snifar
Portuguese, verb/is.niˈfa(ʁ)/
snifar is spelled S-N-I-F-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Snifar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to snort (inhale (usually a drug) through the nose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cheirar”.
What does snifar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Portugalslangto snort (inhale (usually a drug) through the nose)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cheirar
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 snifar
- snifo first-person present singular
- snifei first-person preterite singular
- snifado participle past
- snifares infinitive second-person singular
- snifarmos first-person infinitive plural
- snifardes infinitive plural second-person
- snifarem infinitive plural third-person
- snifando gerund
- snifados masculine participle past
- snifada feminine participle past
- snifadas feminine participle past
- snifas indicative present second-person
- snifa indicative present singular
- snifamos first-person indicative plural
- snifais indicative plural present
- snifam indicative plural present
- snifava first-person imperfect indicative
- snifavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce snifar?
- Brazil /is.niˈfa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.niˈfa(h)]
- /is.niˈfa(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 snifar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is snifar in Portuguese?
snifar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).