torar
Portuguese, verb/toˈɾa(ʁ)/
torar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cut (wood) into logs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partir em toros”.
What does torar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut (wood) into logs
- 2
to tear into pieces
- 3
Brazilto cut close
- 4
Brazilto shoot (with a bullet)
- 5
to shortcut, to take a shortcut in (a path)
verb
- 1
to go around, to bypass (an obstacle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. partir em toros
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 torar
- toro first-person present singular
- torei first-person preterite singular
- torado participle past
- torares infinitive second-person singular
- torarmos first-person infinitive plural
- torardes infinitive plural second-person
- torarem infinitive plural third-person
- torando gerund
- torados masculine participle past
- torada feminine participle past
- toradas feminine participle past
- toras indicative present second-person
- tora indicative present singular
- toramos first-person indicative plural
- torais indicative plural present
- toram indicative plural present
- torava first-person imperfect indicative
- toravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torar?
- Brazil /toˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [toˈɾa(h)]
- /toˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is torar in Portuguese?
torar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).