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Learned borrowing from Latin variāre.

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bə.ɾiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ɾiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [va.ɾiˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ba.ɾiˈa]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite varií, past participle variat)

1. (ambitransitive) to vary

• (to cause to vary): modificar, diversificar
• (to vary): modificar-se

• “variar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin variāre, variō.

variar (first-person singular present varío, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado)
variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to vary

Borrowed from Latin variāre (“to vary”), from varius (“various; different”).

• Homophone: varear (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ar

variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado)

1. to vary (to change with time or a similar parameter)
2. to vary (to institute a change in)

   Synonyms: alterar, modificar, mudar

3. (grammar) to inflect (to vary the form of a word)

   Synonym: flexionar-se

• (to change): alterar, modificar(-se), mudar, mutar

• (antonym(s) of “to change”): manter-se

• “variar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “variar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “variar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “variar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “variar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “variar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin variāre, variō.

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾjaɾ/ [baˈɾjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: va‧riar

variar (first-person singular present varío, first-person singular preterite varié, past participle variado)

1. to alter, vary, change

• “variar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025