zerar

Portuguese

Etymology

From zero (“zero”) +‎ -ar, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɛˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɛˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɛˈɾa.ɾi/

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

Verb

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

      Seus gastos zeraram a sua conta.

      Her spending zeroed her account.

   3. (computing) 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

2. Template:indtr to receive or give someone a grade of zero in a test

   Droga! Zerei em português de novo.

   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.

3. (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

4. (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