zerar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ze.ˈɾa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ze.ˈɾa(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: ze‧rar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to zero (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.

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

   Seus gastos zeraram a sua conta.

   Her spending zeroed her account.

3. (computing, transitive) to zero (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.

4. (education, transitive with em or with no preposition) to receive a grade of zero in a test

   Droga! Zerei em português denovo.

   Damn it! I got zero in Portuguese again.

   Três alunos zeraram na última prova.

   Three students got zero in the last test.

5. (education, transitive) to give someone a grade of zero in a test

   Meus alunos são preguiçosos demais. Quero zerá-los todos.

   My students are too lazy. I want to give them all a zero.

6. (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.

7. (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.