vara
Portuguese, noun/ˈva.ɾɐ/
vara is spelled V-A-R-A (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,039th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vara, a Portuguese rod, yard or ell, a former unit of length about equal to 1.1 m” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of varar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “haste fina e flexível”.
What does vara mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevara, a Portuguese rod, yard or ell, a former unit of length about equal to 1.1 m
- 2
femininesquare vara, a former unit of area about equal to 1.2 m²
- 3
femininea stick, a twig
- 4
femininea district court, an original court, a trial court or court of first instance
- 5
feminineherd of pigs
- 6
feminineband of coatis
- 7
feminineslangvulgarthe penis
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. haste fina e flexível 2. insígnia de magistrados 3. jurisdição; circunscrição judicial 4. antiga unidade de medida de comprimento; equivalente a cinco palmos (aproximadamente 1,10 metros)
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 vara
- varas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vara?
- Brazil /ˈva.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈva.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈba.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vara
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vara in Portuguese?
vara appears 13 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).