varrer
Portuguese, verb/vaˈʁe(ʁ)/
varrer is spelled V-A-R-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varrer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sweep (to clean [a place] using a broom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “limpar com vassoura”.
What does varrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sweep (to clean [a place] using a broom)
A empregada varrera a sala antes da visita chegar.
- 2
to sweep (to move something using a broom)
Queríamos varrer a poeira para debaixo do tapete.
- 3
to sweep, to expel completely and quickly
A legião romana varreu os hunos da Gália.
- 4
to sweep; to go through (to search a place methodically)
Militantes varreram a cidade em busca de infiéis.
- 5
to scan (to examine sequentially, part by part)
Deixei o programa varrendo os arquivos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. limpar com vassoura
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 varrer
- varro first-person present singular
- varri first-person preterite singular
- varrido participle past
- varreres infinitive second-person singular
- varrermos first-person infinitive plural
- varrerdes infinitive plural second-person
- varrerem infinitive plural third-person
- varrendo gerund
- varridos masculine participle past
- varrida feminine participle past
- varridas feminine participle past
- varres indicative present second-person
- varre indicative present singular
- varremos first-person indicative plural
- varreis indicative plural present
- varrem indicative plural present
- varria first-person imperfect indicative
- varrias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varrer?
- Brazil /vaˈʁe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vaˈhe(h)]
- /vaˈʁe(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 varrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is varrer in Portuguese?
varrer appears 2.5 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).