violar
Portuguese, verb/vi.oˈla(ʁ)/
violar is spelled V-I-O-L-A-R (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to violate (to break or fail to act by [a rule])” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “infringir”.
What does violar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to violate (to break or fail to act by [a rule])
- 2
to violate (to manipulate or use [something] in an inappropriate or illegal way)
- 3
to rape (to have unconsented sex with)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. infringir 2. ofender 3. devassar 4. violentar
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 violar
- violo first-person present singular
- violei first-person preterite singular
- violado participle past
- violares infinitive second-person singular
- violarmos first-person infinitive plural
- violardes infinitive plural second-person
- violarem infinitive plural third-person
- violando gerund
- violados masculine participle past
- violada feminine participle past
- violadas feminine participle past
- violas indicative present second-person
- viola indicative present singular
- violamos first-person indicative plural
- violais indicative plural present
- violam indicative plural present
- violava first-person imperfect indicative
- violavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violar?
- Brazil /vi.oˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vi.oˈla(h)]
- Brazil /vjoˈla(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violar in Portuguese?
violar appears 5.2 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).