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marcar

Portuguese, verb/maʁˈka(ʁ)/

marcar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr uma marca ou sinal”.

What does marcar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to mark

  2. 2

    to score

  3. 3

    to show (give a time)

  4. 4

    to mark, man-mark

  5. 5

    to set (a time or a tone)

  6. 6

    Brazilslangto be visible beneath clothing

  7. 7

    to tag (to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. pôr uma marca ou sinal 2. fazer um gol ou ponto 3. indicar as horas (diz-se de relógio) 4. ser uma característica distintiva de

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 marcar

  • marco first-person present singular
  • marquei first-person preterite singular
  • marcado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • marcares infinitive second-person singular
  • marcarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • marcardes infinitive plural second-person
  • marcarem infinitive plural third-person
  • marcando gerund
  • marcados masculine participle past
  • marcada feminine participle past
  • marcadas feminine participle past
  • marcas indicative present second-person
  • marca indicative present singular
  • marcamos first-person indicative plural
  • marcais indicative plural present
  • marcam indicative plural present
  • marcava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce marcar?

  • Brazil /maʁˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [mahˈka(h)]
  • /maɾˈka(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 marcar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is marcar in Portuguese?

marcar appears 32 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).