# borrão vs borrar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### borrão
*noun · IPA /bu.ˈRɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #48,282*
sujidade

### borrar
*verb · IPA /bo.ˈraɾ/ · frequency rank #41,857*
cobrir com bosta a eira terrosa, previamente à malha do cereal, para assim facilitar a lavoura.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/borrao-vs-borrar