varrer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese varrer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin verrere. Doublet of guerra. Compare Portuguese varrer and Spanish barrer.

• IPA^(key): /baˈreɾ/ [baˈreɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ

varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varrín, past participle varrido)
varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varrim or varri, past participle varrido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to sweep

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varrer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “varrer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “varrer”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “varrer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin verrere. Doublet of guerra.

varrer

1. to sweep
2. to devastate, to destroy

• Fala: barrel
• Galician: varrer
• Portuguese: varrer

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “varrer”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “varr”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “varrer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese varrer, from Latin verrere. Related to the word guerra. Compare Galician varrer and Spanish barrer.

• Hyphenation: var‧rer

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

1. (ambitransitive) to sweep (to clean [a place] using a broom)

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

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

2. (transitive) to sweep (to move something using a broom) [with direct object ‘something’ and para ‘somewhere’]

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

3. (transitive, figurative) to sweep, to expel completely and quickly [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and de ‘from somewhere’]

   Synonyms: destruir, devastar, eliminar, expulsar

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

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

   Synonyms: buscar, procurar, virar de cabeça para baixo

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

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

   Synonym: (Brazil) escanear

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

• “varrer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “varrer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “varrer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “varrer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “varrer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “varrer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025