borrar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

borrar

1. (transitive) to erase

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “borrar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

From borra +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʁa.ɾi/

• Homophone: burrar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: bor‧rar

Verb

borrar (first-person singular present borro, first-person singular preterite borrei, past participle borrado)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to smudge (to smear ink, especially if accidentally)

   Borrei meu desenho com a tinta da caneta.

   I smudged my drawing with pen ink.

2. (transitive) to blur (to make indistinct or hazy)

   Borramos os rostos que apareceram no vídeo.

   We blurred the faces that appeared in the video.

3. (transitive) to rub out (erase something using an eraser)

   Ela borrou a palavra porque a tinha escrito errado.

   She blurred the word because she'd written it wrong.

4. (transitive) to blot out or strike out; to obliterate (render text illegible by scribbling over it)

   Fiquei irritado e borrei tudo o que tinha escrito.

   I got mad and crossed out everything I'd written.

5. (transitive) to make dirty

   Mamãe borrou a camisa com mostarda.

   Mama got a smear of mustard on her shirt.

   1. (transitive, figuratively) to damage the reputation of

      Os boatos de corrupção borraram o senador.

      The rumors of corruption damaged the senator's reputation.

6. (transitive) to dirty with feces

   Aquela menina borrou a calcinha.

   That girl got poop on her panties.

   1. (reflexive, colloquial, literally) to crap one's pants (defecate into one's pants)

      Teve diarreia e se borrou todo.

      He had diarrhea and crapped himself.

   2. (reflexive, colloquial, figuratively) to crap one's pants (to be extremely frightened)

      Borro-me sempre que vejo uma mulher.

      I crap my pants whenever I see a woman.

7. (intransitive, vulgar) to defecate

   Ele me diz que borrou no chão ontem à noite.

   He tells me he shit on the floor last night.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of borrar (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	borrar
Personal	borrar	borrares	borrar	borrarmos	borrardes	borrarem
Gerund
	borrando
Past participle
Masculine	borrado			borrados
Feminine	borrada			borradas
Indicative
Present	borro	borras	borra	borramos	borrais	borram
Imperfect	borrava	borravas	borrava	borrávamos	borráveis	borravam
Preterite	borrei	borraste	borrou	borramos1, borrámos2	borrastes	borraram
Pluperfect	borrara	borraras	borrara	borráramos	borráreis	borraram
Future	borrarei	borrarás	borrará	borraremos	borrareis	borrarão
Conditional	borraria	borrarias	borraria	borraríamos	borraríeis	borrariam
Subjunctive
Present	borre	borres	borre	borremos	borreis	borrem
Imperfect	borrasse	borrasses	borrasse	borrássemos	borrásseis	borrassem
Future	borrar	borrares	borrar	borrarmos	borrardes	borrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		borra	borre	borremos	borrai	borrem
Negative (não)		não borres	não borre	não borremos	não borreis	não borrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “borrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From borra (“rough wool”), formerly used for erasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈraɾ/ [boˈraɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bo‧rrar

Verb

borrar (first-person singular present borro, first-person singular preterite borré, past participle borrado)

1. to erase or delete
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 17:

     La iniciación del Brujo está sujeta a cierto ritual, que le impone, entre otras cosas, las abluciones con el agua del Salto del Traiguén, a fin de que se le borre el bautismo.

     The initiation of the Witch is subject to a certain ritual, which requires, among other things, ablutions with the water of Traiguén Falls, so that the [Witch's] baptism is erased.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of borrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			borrar
gerund			borrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		borrado		borrada
		plural		borrados		borradas
		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	borro	borrastú borrásvos	borra	borramos	borráis	borran
	imperfect	borraba	borrabas	borraba	borrábamos	borrabais	borraban
	preterite	borré	borraste	borró	borramos	borrasteis	borraron
	future	borraré	borrarás	borrará	borraremos	borraréis	borrarán
	conditional	borraría	borrarías	borraría	borraríamos	borraríais	borrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	borre	borrestú borrésvos2	borre	borremos	borréis	borren
	imperfect (ra)	borrara	borraras	borrara	borráramos	borrarais	borraran
	imperfect (se)	borrase	borrases	borrase	borrásemos	borraseis	borrasen
	future1	borrare	borrares	borrare	borráremos	borrareis	borraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		borratú borrávos	borre	borremos	borrad	borren
	negative		no borres	no borre	no borremos	no borréis	no borren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of borrar

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 borrar	dative	borrarme	borrarte	borrarle, borrarse	borrarnos	borraros	borrarles, borrarse
	accusative	borrarme	borrarte	borrarlo, borrarla, borrarse	borrarnos	borraros	borrarlos, borrarlas, borrarse
with gerund borrando	dative	borrándome	borrándote	borrándole, borrándose	borrándonos	borrándoos	borrándoles, borrándose
	accusative	borrándome	borrándote	borrándolo, borrándola, borrándose	borrándonos	borrándoos	borrándolos, borrándolas, borrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative borra	dative	bórrame	bórrate	bórrale	bórranos	not used	bórrales
	accusative	bórrame	bórrate	bórralo, bórrala	bórranos	not used	bórralos, bórralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative borrá	dative	borrame	borrate	borrale	borranos	not used	borrales
	accusative	borrame	borrate	borralo, borrala	borranos	not used	borralos, borralas
with formal second-person singular imperative borre	dative	bórreme	not used	bórrele, bórrese	bórrenos	not used	bórreles
	accusative	bórreme	not used	bórrelo, bórrela, bórrese	bórrenos	not used	bórrelos, bórrelas
with first-person plural imperative borremos	dative	not used	borrémoste	borrémosle	borrémonos	borrémoos	borrémosles
	accusative	not used	borrémoste	borrémoslo, borrémosla	borrémonos	borrémoos	borrémoslos, borrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative borrad	dative	borradme	not used	borradle	borradnos	borraos	borradles
	accusative	borradme	not used	borradlo, borradla	borradnos	borraos	borradlos, borradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative borren	dative	bórrenme	not used	bórrenle	bórrennos	not used	bórrenles, bórrense
	accusative	bórrenme	not used	bórrenlo, bórrenla	bórrennos	not used	bórrenlos, bórrenlas, bórrense

Derived terms

• goma de borrar

Related terms

• borra
• borrado
• borrador
• borradura

Descendants

• → Tagalog: bura

See also

• tachar

Further reading

• “borrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Verb

borrar

1. present indicative of borra