zerar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From zero (zero) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ze‧rar

Verb

zerar (first-person singular present zero, first-person singular preterite zerei, past participle zerado)

  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. (Brazil, education, transitive with em or with no preposition) 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

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