superar
Portuguese, verb/su.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
superar is spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Superar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to exceed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “exceder”.
What does superar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exceed
- 2
to overcome
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. exceder 2. ser superior a 3. galgar 4. transpor
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 superar
- supero first-person present singular
- superei first-person preterite singular
- superado participle past
- superares infinitive second-person singular
- superarmos first-person infinitive plural
- superardes infinitive plural second-person
- superarem infinitive plural third-person
- superando gerund
- superados masculine participle past
- superada feminine participle past
- superadas feminine participle past
- superas indicative present second-person
- supera indicative present singular
- superamos first-person indicative plural
- superais indicative plural present
- superam indicative plural present
- superava first-person imperfect indicative
- superavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce superar?
- Brazil /su.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.peˈɾa(h)]
- /su.peˈɾa(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 superar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is superar in Portuguese?
superar appears 26 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).