# borrar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

borrar
* (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: /boˈʁa(ʁ)/ [boˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /boˈʁa(ʁ)/ [boˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /boˈʁa(ɾ)/ [boˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /boˈʁa(ʁ)/ [boˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /boˈʁa(ɻ)/ [boˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /buˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /buˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /buˈʁa.ɾi/
* Homophone: burrar (Portugal)
* Hyphenation: bor‧rar

### Verb

borrar (first-person singular present borro, first-person singular preterite borrei, past participle borrado)
* (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.
* (transitive) to blur (to make indistinct or hazy)
    Borramos os rostos que apareceram no vídeo.We blurred the faces that appeared in the video.
* (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.
* (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.
* (transitive) to make dirty
    Mamãe borrou a camisa com mostarda.Mama got a smear of mustard on her shirt.
** (transitive, figuratively) to damage the reputation of
    Os boatos de corrupção borraram o senador.The rumors of corruption damaged the senator's reputation.
* (transitive) to dirty with feces
    Aquela menina borrou a calcinha.That girl got poop on her panties.
** (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.
** (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.
* (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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European 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: /boˈraɾ/ [boˈraɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: bo‧rrar

### Verb

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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### 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
* present indicative of borra