arar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "arar"

Albanian

Etymology

From arë +‎ -ar.

Noun

arar m

1. farmer (person who works the land or who keeps livestock)

   Synonyms: capëtor, bujk, dardhan

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton arazr, from Proto-Brythonic *aradr, from Proto-Celtic *aratrom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁaʁ/

Noun

arar m (plural erer)

1. plough

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arar, from Latin arāre, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.

Verb

arar (first-person singular present aro, first-person singular preterite arei, past participle arado)

1. to plow/plough (to use a plow/plough to open furrows)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arar
Personal	arar	arares	arar	ararmos	arardes	araren
Gerund
	arando
Past participle
Masculine	arado			arados
Feminine	arada			aradas
Indicative
Present	aro	aras	ara	aramos	arades	aran
Imperfect	araba	arabas	araba	arabamos	arabades	araban
Preterite	arei	araches	arou	aramos	arastes	araron
Pluperfect	arara	araras	arara	araramos	ararades	araran
Future	ararei	ararás	arará	araremos	araredes	ararán
Conditional	araría	ararías	araría	arariamos	arariades	ararían
Subjunctive
Present	are	ares	are	aremos	aredes	aren
Imperfect	arase	arases	arase	arásemos	arásedes	arasen
Future	arar	arares	arar	ararmos	arardes	araren
Imperative
Affirmative		ara	are	aremos	arade	aren
Negative (non)		non ares	non are	non aremos	non aredes	non aren

Related terms

• arado
• arador

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar) analogue to Hebrew ערער (ar'ar).

Noun

arar (Jawi spelling عرعر, plural arar-arar or arar²)

1. juniper

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

arar

1. to plough (to use a plough to open furrows)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arar

infinitive				arar
gerund		simple		arando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		arado		arados
		feminine		arada		aradas
present participle				arante		arantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	aro	aras	ara	aramos	arades, araes, arais, araas, arás	aran
	imperfect	arava	aravas	arava	aravamos, arávamos	aravades, arávades, arávaes, arávais, arávees, aráveis	aravan
	preterite	arei	araste, arasche, arache	arou	aramos	arastes	araron
	pluperfect	arara	araras	arara	araramos, aráramos	ararades, arárades, aráraes, arárais, arárees, aráreis	araran
	future	ararei	ararás	arará	araremos	araredes, ararees, arareis, ararês	ararán
	conditional	araria	ararias	araria	arariamos, araríamos	arariades, araríades, araríaes, araríais, araríees, araríeis	ararian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	are	ares	are	aremos	aredes, arees, areis, arês	aren
	imperfect	arasse	arasses	arasse	arassemos, arássemos	arassedes, arássedes, arássees, arásseis	arassen
	future	arar	arares	arar	ararmos	arardes	araren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	ara	—	aremos	arade, arae, arai	—
negative		—	non ares	—	non aremos	non aredes, non arees, non areis, non arês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		arar	arares	arar	ararmos	arardes	araren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

• Galician: arar
• Portuguese: arar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "arar"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arar, from Latin arāre, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾa(ʁ)/ [aˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾa(ʁ)/ [aˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈɾa(ʁ)/ [aˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾa.ɾi/

• Homophone: ará (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: a‧rar

Verb

arar (first-person singular present aro, first-person singular preterite arei, past participle arado)

1. to plough (to use a plough to open furrows)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arar
Personal	arar	arares	arar	ararmos	arardes	ararem
Gerund
	arando
Past participle
Masculine	arado			arados
Feminine	arada			aradas
Indicative
Present	aro	aras	ara	aramos	arais	aram
Imperfect	arava	aravas	arava	arávamos	aráveis	aravam
Preterite	arei	araste	arou	aramos1, arámos2	arastes	araram
Pluperfect	arara	araras	arara	aráramos	aráreis	araram
Future	ararei	ararás	arará	araremos	arareis	ararão
Conditional	araria	ararias	araria	araríamos	araríeis	arariam
Subjunctive
Present	are	ares	are	aremos	areis	arem
Imperfect	arasse	arasses	arasse	arássemos	arásseis	arassem
Future	arar	arares	arar	ararmos	arardes	ararem
Imperative
Affirmative		ara	are	aremos	arai	arem
Negative (não)		não ares	não are	não aremos	não areis	não arem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• arado
• arador

Further reading

• “arar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

From a +‎ rar.

Adverb

arar

1. rarely

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾaɾ/ [aˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English arar, from Arabic عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar).

Alternative forms

• araar

Noun

arar m (plural arares)

1. sandarac tree, Tetraclinis

   Synonym: alerce africano

2. common juniper, Juniperus communis

   Synonym: enebro

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin arāre, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.

Verb

arar (first-person singular present aro, first-person singular preterite aré, past participle arado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to plough, plow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arar
gerund			arando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arado		arada
		plural		arados		aradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aro	arastú arásvos	ara	aramos	aráis	aran
	imperfect	araba	arabas	araba	arábamos	arabais	araban
	preterite	aré	araste	aró	aramos	arasteis	araron
	future	araré	ararás	arará	araremos	araréis	ararán
	conditional	araría	ararías	araría	araríamos	araríais	ararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	are	arestú arésvos2	are	aremos	aréis	aren
	imperfect (ra)	arara	araras	arara	aráramos	ararais	araran
	imperfect (se)	arase	arases	arase	arásemos	araseis	arasen
	future1	arare	arares	arare	aráremos	arareis	araren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aratú arávos	are	aremos	arad	aren
	negative		no ares	no are	no aremos	no aréis	no aren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arar	dative	ararme	ararte	ararle, ararse	ararnos	araros	ararles, ararse
	accusative	ararme	ararte	ararlo, ararla, ararse	ararnos	araros	ararlos, ararlas, ararse
with gerund arando	dative	arándome	arándote	arándole, arándose	arándonos	arándoos	arándoles, arándose
	accusative	arándome	arándote	arándolo, arándola, arándose	arándonos	arándoos	arándolos, arándolas, arándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ara	dative	árame	árate	árale	áranos	not used	árales
	accusative	árame	árate	áralo, árala	áranos	not used	áralos, áralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ará	dative	arame	arate	arale	aranos	not used	arales
	accusative	arame	arate	aralo, arala	aranos	not used	aralos, aralas
with formal second-person singular imperative are	dative	áreme	not used	árele, árese	árenos	not used	áreles
	accusative	áreme	not used	árelo, árela, árese	árenos	not used	árelos, árelas
with first-person plural imperative aremos	dative	not used	arémoste	arémosle	arémonos	arémoos	arémosles
	accusative	not used	arémoste	arémoslo, arémosla	arémonos	arémoos	arémoslos, arémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arad	dative	aradme	not used	aradle	aradnos	araos	aradles
	accusative	aradme	not used	aradlo, aradla	aradnos	araos	aradlos, aradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aren	dative	árenme	not used	árenle	árennos	not used	árenles, árense
	accusative	árenme	not used	árenlo, árenla	árennos	not used	árenlos, árenlas, árense

Derived terms

• arar en el mar
• sobrearar

Related terms

• arable
• arado
• arador
• aradura

Further reading

• “arar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin arāre. Compare Italian arare.

Verb

arar

1. (transitive) To plough

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of arar (first conjugation)

infinitive	arar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		arando
past participle		arà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	aro	(te) ari	(el/ła) ara	arémo, aròn	aré	(i/łe) ara
imperfect	arava	(te) aravi	(el/ła) arava	aràvimo	aravi	(i/łe) arava
future	ararò	(te) ararè	(el/ła) ararà	ararémo	ararè	(i/łe) ararà
conditional	ararìa	(te) ararisi	(el/ła) ararìa	ararìsimo	ararisi	(i/łe) ararìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	are, ara	(te) ari	(el/ła) are, (el/ła) ara	arémo, arone	aré	(i/łe) are, (i/łe) ara
imperfect	arase	(te) arasi	(el/ła) arase	aràsimo	arasi	(i/łe) arase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) ara	(el/ła) ara, (el/ła) are	arémo	aré	(i/łe) ara, (i/łe) are