| varrer |
| 1. v. to sweep (to clean a place using a broom) | |
| A empregada varrera a sala antes da visita chegar. - The maid had swept the living room before the guests arrived. | |
| 2. v. (indtr, para, .transitive, .or, ditr=1) to sweep (to move something using a broom) | |
| Queríamos varrer a poeira para debaixo do tapete. - We wanted to sweep the dust under the rug. | |
| 3. v. (indtr, .figurative, .transitive, .or, ditr=1) to devastate or expel something completely and quickly | |
| A legião romana varreu os hunos da Gália. - The Roman legion swept the Huns from Gaul. | |
| 4. v. (figurative, transitive) to sweep; to go through (to search a place methodically) | |
| Militantes varreram a cidade em busca de infiéis. - Militants swept the city searching for infidels. | |
| 5. v. (computing, transitive) to scan (to examine sequentially, part by part) | |
| Deixei o programa varrendo os arquivos. - I left the program scanning the files. | |
