varrer
- (ambitransitive) to sweep (to clean [a place] using a broom)
- (transitive) to sweep (to move something using a broom)
- (figuratively, transitive) to sweep, to expel completely and quickly
- (figuratively, transitive) to sweep; to go through (to search a place methodically)
- (transitive) to scan (to examine sequentially, part by part)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaˈʁe(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese varrer, from Latin verrere. Related to the word guerra. Compare Galician varrer and Spanish barrer.
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