zanzar
Portuguese, verb/zɐ̃ˈza(ʁ)/
zanzar is spelled Z-A-N-Z-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zanzar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mooch; to roam (to wander around aimlessly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “andar sem destino”.
What does zanzar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto mooch; to roam (to wander around aimlessly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. andar sem destino
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 zanzar
- zanzo first-person present singular
- zanzei first-person preterite singular
- zanzado participle past
- zanzares infinitive second-person singular
- zanzarmos first-person infinitive plural
- zanzardes infinitive plural second-person
- zanzarem infinitive plural third-person
- zanzando gerund
- zanzados masculine participle past
- zanzada feminine participle past
- zanzadas feminine participle past
- zanzas indicative present second-person
- zanza indicative present singular
- zanzamos first-person indicative plural
- zanzais indicative plural present
- zanzam indicative plural present
- zanzava first-person imperfect indicative
- zanzavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zanzar?
- Brazil /zɐ̃ˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [zɐ̃ˈza(h)]
- /zɐ̃ˈza(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 zanzar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zanzar in Portuguese?
zanzar appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).