pirar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pi‧rar

Verb

pirar (first-person singular present piro, first-person singular preterite pirei, past participle pirado)

1. (colloquial) to go nuts; to become crazy

   Synonyms: endoidar, enlouquecer

2. (colloquial, reflexive) to quickly leave; to go away

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pirar (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	pirar
Personal	pirar	pirares	pirar	pirarmos	pirardes	pirarem
Gerund
	pirando
Past participle
Masculine	pirado			pirados
Feminine	pirada			piradas
Indicative
Present	piro	piras	pira	piramos	pirais	piram
Imperfect	pirava	piravas	pirava	pirávamos	piráveis	piravam
Preterite	pirei	piraste	pirou	piramos1, pirámos2	pirastes	piraram
Pluperfect	pirara	piraras	pirara	piráramos	piráreis	piraram
Future	pirarei	pirarás	pirará	piraremos	pirareis	pirarão
Conditional	piraria	pirarias	piraria	piraríamos	piraríeis	pirariam
Subjunctive
Present	pire	pires	pire	piremos	pireis	pirem
Imperfect	pirasse	pirasses	pirasse	pirássemos	pirásseis	pirassem
Future	pirar	pirares	pirar	pirarmos	pirardes	pirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pira	pire	piremos	pirai	pirem
Negative (não)		não pires	não pire	não piremos	não pireis	não pirem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From pira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾaɾ/ [piˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pi‧rar

Verb

pirar (first-person singular present piro, first-person singular preterite piré, past participle pirado)

1. (colloquial, intransitive) to be uncouth, to lack class
2. (colloquial, pronominal) to go away

   Synonyms: irse, marcharse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pirar
gerund			pirando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pirado		pirada
		plural		pirados		piradas
		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	piro	pirastú pirásvos	pira	piramos	piráis	piran
	imperfect	piraba	pirabas	piraba	pirábamos	pirabais	piraban
	preterite	piré	piraste	piró	piramos	pirasteis	piraron
	future	piraré	pirarás	pirará	piraremos	piraréis	pirarán
	conditional	piraría	pirarías	piraría	piraríamos	piraríais	pirarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pire	pirestú pirésvos2	pire	piremos	piréis	piren
	imperfect (ra)	pirara	piraras	pirara	piráramos	pirarais	piraran
	imperfect (se)	pirase	pirases	pirase	pirásemos	piraseis	pirasen
	future1	pirare	pirares	pirare	piráremos	pirareis	piraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		piratú pirávos	pire	piremos	pirad	piren
	negative		no pires	no pire	no piremos	no piréis	no piren

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

    Selected combined forms of pirar

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 pirar	dative	pirarme	pirarte	pirarle, pirarse	pirarnos	piraros	pirarles, pirarse
	accusative	pirarme	pirarte	pirarlo, pirarla, pirarse	pirarnos	piraros	pirarlos, pirarlas, pirarse
with gerund pirando	dative	pirándome	pirándote	pirándole, pirándose	pirándonos	pirándoos	pirándoles, pirándose
	accusative	pirándome	pirándote	pirándolo, pirándola, pirándose	pirándonos	pirándoos	pirándolos, pirándolas, pirándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pira	dative	pírame	pírate	pírale	píranos	not used	pírales
	accusative	pírame	pírate	píralo, pírala	píranos	not used	píralos, píralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pirá	dative	pirame	pirate	pirale	piranos	not used	pirales
	accusative	pirame	pirate	piralo, pirala	piranos	not used	piralos, piralas
with formal second-person singular imperative pire	dative	píreme	not used	pírele, pírese	pírenos	not used	píreles
	accusative	píreme	not used	pírelo, pírela, pírese	pírenos	not used	pírelos, pírelas
with first-person plural imperative piremos	dative	not used	pirémoste	pirémosle	pirémonos	pirémoos	pirémosles
	accusative	not used	pirémoste	pirémoslo, pirémosla	pirémonos	pirémoos	pirémoslos, pirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pirad	dative	piradme	not used	piradle	piradnos	piraos	piradles
	accusative	piradme	not used	piradlo, piradla	piradnos	piraos	piradlos, piradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative piren	dative	pírenme	not used	pírenle	pírennos	not used	pírenles, pírense
	accusative	pírenme	not used	pírenlo, pírenla	pírennos	not used	pírenlos, pírenlas, pírense

Derived terms

• me piro vampiro
• pirárselas

Related terms

• pira
• pirado

Further reading

• “pirar”, 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
• “pirar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swedish

Noun

pirar

1. indefinite plural of pir