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vara.

vara, a Portuguese rod, yard or ell, a former unit of length about equal to 1.1 m

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈva.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈva.ɾɐ/Portugal/ˈba.ɾɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. vara, a Portuguese rod, yard or ell, a former unit of length about equal to 1.1 m

    feminine · historical
  2. square vara, a former unit of area about equal to 1.2 m²

    feminine · historical
  3. a stick, a twig

    feminine
  4. a district court, an original court, a trial court or court of first instance

    feminine
  5. herd of pigs

    collective · feminine
  6. band of coatis

    collective · feminine
  7. the penis

    feminine · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Spanish vara.

verb/ˈva.ɾɐ/Brazil/ˈva.ɾɐ/Portugal/ˈba.ɾɐ/Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of varar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of varar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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