zoar
Portuguese, verb/zuˈa(ʁ)/
zoar is spelled Z-O-A-R (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to buzz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “zumbir (inseto, por exemplo)”.
What does zoar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to buzz
- 2
colloquialto mock, to make fun of (to make an object of laughter or ridicule)
- 3
colloquialto kid; to joke (to say or do something without being serious)
- 4
colloquialto fool around (to engage in frivolous behaviour)
- 5
slangto mess up; to disorganize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zumbir (inseto, por exemplo) 2. tirar sarro de alguém; zombar jocosamente; escarnecer de, perturbar, irritar
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 zoar
- zoo first-person present singular
- zoei first-person preterite singular
- zoado participle past
- zoares infinitive second-person singular
- zoarmos first-person infinitive plural
- zoardes infinitive plural second-person
- zoarem infinitive plural third-person
- zoando gerund
- zoados masculine participle past
- zoada feminine participle past
- zoadas feminine participle past
- zôo Brazil first-person indicative
- zoas indicative present second-person
- zoa indicative present singular
- zoamos first-person indicative plural
- zoais indicative plural present
- zoam indicative plural present
- zoava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zoar?
- Brazil /zuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [zuˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ˈzwa(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 zoar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zoar in Portuguese?
zoar appears 1.3 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).