varrer

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese varrer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), inherited from Latin verrere. Compare Portuguese varrer and Spanish barrer.

• IPA^(key): [baˈreɾ]

varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varrín, past participle varrido)

1. to sweep
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of varrer
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of varrer

• varredoira
• varredoiro

• “varrer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “varre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “varrer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “varrer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “varrer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese varrer, inherited from Latin verrere. Compare Galician varrer and Spanish barrer.

• Hyphenation: var‧rer

varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varri, past participle varrido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to sweep (to clean [a place] using a broom)

   A empregada varrera a sala antes da visita chegar. ― The maid had swept the living room before the guests arrived.

   Synonyms: (Douro) varrenhar, (Douro) varriscar, vasculhar, vassourar

2. (transitive or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking para) to sweep (to move something using a broom)

   Queríamos varrer a poeira para debaixo do tapete. ― We wanted to sweep the dust under the rug.

3. (figurative, transitive or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to devastate or expel something completely and quickly

   A legião romana varreu os hunos da Gália. ― The Roman legion swept the Huns from Gaul.

   Synonyms: destruir, devastar, eliminar, expulsar

4. (figurative, transitive) to sweep; to go through (to search a place methodically)

   Militantes varreram a cidade em busca de infiéis. ― Militants swept the city searching for infidels.

   Synonyms: buscar, procurar, virar de cabeça para baixo

5. (computing, transitive) to scan (to examine sequentially, part by part)

   Deixei o programa varrendo os arquivos. ― I left the program scanning the files.

   Synonym: (Brazil) escanear

6. inflection of varrer:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• varrer do mapa

• “varrer” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “varrer” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “varrer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “varrer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “varrer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “varrer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.