zerar

Portuguese

Etymology

Zero (“zero”) +‎ -ar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian zero, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin zephirum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze.ˈɾa(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ze.ˈɾa(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: ze‧rar

Verb

1. (transitive) to zero (to set a measuring instrument to zero)

   Lembre de zerar a balança para tirar a tara.

   Remember to zero the scale in order to remove the tare weight.

   Synonym: anular

2. (transitive) to zero (to cause or set some value or amount to be zero)

   Seus gastos zeraram a sua conta.

   Her spending zeroed her account.

3. (computing, transitive) to zero (to change a memory location to values of zero)

   Zere o contador depois de terminar as iterações.

   Zero the counter after the iterations are over.

   Synonym: limpar

4. (education, transitive with em or with no preposition) to receive or give someone a grade of zero in a test

   Droga! Zerei em português denovo.

   Damn it! I got zero in Portuguese again.

   Três alunos zeraram na última prova.

   Three students got zero in the last test.

   Meus alunos são preguiçosos demais. Quero zerá-los todos.

   My students are too lazy. I want to give them all a zero.

5. (transitive) to pay off (to pay the entirety of a loan)

   Usei o prêmio para zerar a dívida do carro.

   I used the prize to pay off the car debt.

   Synonyms: pagar, quitar

6. (video games, transitive) to beat (to complete all levels of a video game)

   Nunca consegui zerar todas as fases do Age of Empires.

   I could never beat all the levels in Age of Empires.

   Synonyms: fechar, completar

Derived terms

• zerado
• zeragem
• zeramento
• zerar a vida
• zero