varar
Portuguese, verb/vaˈɾa(ʁ)/
varar is spelled V-A-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to overthrow; to pull down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passar através (de algum lugar)”.
What does varar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overthrow; to pull down
- 2
to hit with a stick or rod
- 3
to pierce, to go through
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. passar através (de algum lugar) 2. passar um certo tempo (fazendo algo) 3. encalhar uma embarcação; meter em varadoiro
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 varar
- varo first-person present singular
- varei first-person preterite singular
- varado participle past
- varares infinitive second-person singular
- vararmos first-person infinitive plural
- varardes infinitive plural second-person
- vararem infinitive plural third-person
- varando gerund
- varados masculine participle past
- varada feminine participle past
- varadas feminine participle past
- varas indicative present second-person
- vara indicative present singular
- varamos first-person indicative plural
- varais indicative plural present
- varam indicative plural present
- varava first-person imperfect indicative
- varavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varar?
- Brazil /vaˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vaˈɾa(h)]
- /vaˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is varar in Portuguese?
varar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).