velar
Portuguese, noun/veˈlaʁ/
velar is spelled V-E-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “som produzido no véu palatino”.
What does velar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevelar (articulated at the soft palate)
noun
- 1
femininevelar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)
verb
- 1
to veil (cover with a veil)
- 2
to veil; to conceal; to hide
- 3
to damage photographic film due to excessive light
verb
- 1
to keep a vigil (overnight watch over a deceased or dying person)
- 2
to protect; to defend (especially something abstract, such as reputation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao véu palatino ou aos sons produzidos nele
noun: 1. som produzido no véu palatino
verb: 1. cobrir com véu 2. ocultar 3. encobrir 4. anuviar
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 velar
- velares plural
- velo first-person present singular
- velei first-person preterite singular
- velado participle past
- velarmos first-person infinitive plural
- velardes infinitive plural second-person
- velarem infinitive plural third-person
- velando gerund
- velados masculine participle past
- velada feminine participle past
- veladas feminine participle past
- velas indicative present second-person
- vela indicative present singular
- velamos first-person indicative plural
- velais indicative plural present
- velam indicative plural present
- velava first-person imperfect indicative
- velavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velar?
- Brazil /veˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [veˈlah]
- /veˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to velar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is velar in Portuguese?
velar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).