sarrar

Maltese

Root
s-r-r
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَرَّرَ (ṣarrara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsar.rar/
• Rhymes: -arrar

Verb

sarrar (imperfect jsarrar, past participle msarrar, verbal noun tisrir)

1. to make into packages, bundles

Conjugation

Conjugation of sarrar (Form II)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sarrart	sarrart	sarrar	sarrarna	sarrartu	sarru
	f			sarret
imperfect	m	nsarrar	ssarrar	jsarrar	nsarru	ssarru	jsarru
	f			ssarrar
imperative			sarrar			sarru
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sarrartx	sarrartx	sarrarx	sarrarniex	sarrartux	sarrux
	f			sarritx
imperfect	m	nsarrarx	ssarrarx	jsarrarx	nsarrux	ssarrux	jsarrux
	f			ssarrarx
imperative			ssarrarx			ssarrux

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan serrar, çerrar, sarrar, çarrar, from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serō, serāre (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”). Akin to Aragonese zarrar, Spanish cerrar and Galician zarrar.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

sarrar

1. (transitive) to close, shut (Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal)
2. (transitive) to seal (Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal)
3. (transitive) to enclose (Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal)
4. (pronominal) to close, shut (Vivaro-Alpine, Provençal)

References

Dicodoc

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈʁa.ɾi/

Etymology 1

Alteration of cerrar.

Verb

sarrar (first-person singular present sarro, first-person singular preterite sarrei, past participle sarrado)

1. (obsolete, intransitive, pronominal) to close

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sarrar (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	sarrar
Personal	sarrar	sarrares	sarrar	sarrarmos	sarrardes	sarrarem
Gerund
	sarrando
Past participle
Masculine	sarrado			sarrados
Feminine	sarrada			sarradas
Indicative
Present	sarro	sarras	sarra	sarramos	sarrais	sarram
Imperfect	sarrava	sarravas	sarrava	sarrávamos	sarráveis	sarravam
Preterite	sarrei	sarraste	sarrou	sarramos1, sarrámos2	sarrastes	sarraram
Pluperfect	sarrara	sarraras	sarrara	sarráramos	sarráreis	sarraram
Future	sarrarei	sarrarás	sarrará	sarraremos	sarrareis	sarrarão
Conditional	sarraria	sarrarias	sarraria	sarraríamos	sarraríeis	sarrariam
Subjunctive
Present	sarre	sarres	sarre	sarremos	sarreis	sarrem
Imperfect	sarrasse	sarrasses	sarrasse	sarrássemos	sarrásseis	sarrassem
Future	sarrar	sarrares	sarrar	sarrarmos	sarrardes	sarrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sarra	sarre	sarremos	sarrai	sarrem
Negative (não)		não sarres	não sarre	não sarremos	não sarreis	não sarrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

From sarro +‎ -ar.

Verb

sarrar (first-person singular present sarro, first-person singular preterite sarrei, past participle sarrado)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, transitive, intransitive) to hump (to thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse); to grind (to dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners pressed against each other)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sarrar (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	sarrar
Personal	sarrar	sarrares	sarrar	sarrarmos	sarrardes	sarrarem
Gerund
	sarrando
Past participle
Masculine	sarrado			sarrados
Feminine	sarrada			sarradas
Indicative
Present	sarro	sarras	sarra	sarramos	sarrais	sarram
Imperfect	sarrava	sarravas	sarrava	sarrávamos	sarráveis	sarravam
Preterite	sarrei	sarraste	sarrou	sarramos1, sarrámos2	sarrastes	sarraram
Pluperfect	sarrara	sarraras	sarrara	sarráramos	sarráreis	sarraram
Future	sarrarei	sarrarás	sarrará	sarraremos	sarrareis	sarrarão
Conditional	sarraria	sarrarias	sarraria	sarraríamos	sarraríeis	sarrariam
Subjunctive
Present	sarre	sarres	sarre	sarremos	sarreis	sarrem
Imperfect	sarrasse	sarrasses	sarrasse	sarrássemos	sarrásseis	sarrassem
Future	sarrar	sarrares	sarrar	sarrarmos	sarrardes	sarrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sarra	sarre	sarremos	sarrai	sarrem
Negative (não)		não sarres	não sarre	não sarremos	não sarreis	não sarrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• sarrada

Further reading

• “sarrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sarrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025