zerar
Portuguese, verb/zeˈɾa(ʁ)/
zerar is spelled Z-E-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zerar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to set a measuring instrument to zero” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar zero”.
What does zerar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto set a measuring instrument to zero
Lembre de zerar a balança para tirar a tara.
- 2
Brazilto cause or set some value or amount to be zero
Seus gastos zeraram a sua conta.
- 3
Brazilto change a memory location to values of zero
Zere o contador depois de terminar as iterações.
- 4
Brazilto receive or give (someone) a grade of zero
Droga! Zerei em português de novo.
- 5
Brazilto pay off (to pay the entirety of a loan)
Usei o prêmio para zerar a dívida do carro.
- 6
Brazilto beat (to complete all levels of a video game)
Nunca consegui zerar todas as fases do Age of Empires.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar zero 2. tornar sem valor ou sem efeito 3. reduzir valor monetário a zero 4. dar ou receber nota zero
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 zerar
- zero first-person present singular
- zerei first-person preterite singular
- zerado participle past
- zerares infinitive second-person singular
- zerarmos first-person infinitive plural
- zerardes infinitive plural second-person
- zerarem infinitive plural third-person
- zerando gerund
- zerados masculine participle past
- zerada feminine participle past
- zeradas feminine participle past
- zeras indicative present second-person
- zera indicative present singular
- zeramos first-person indicative plural
- zerais indicative plural present
- zeram indicative plural present
- zerava first-person imperfect indicative
- zeravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zerar?
- Brazil /zeˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [zeˈɾa(h)]
- /zeˈɾa(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 zerar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zerar in Portuguese?
zerar appears 1.0 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).