borrar

Senses

1. 1.

   to smudge, to blur, to smear

   to make something unclear or messy by rubbing or spreading ink, paint, etc.

2. 2.

   to soil, to dirty (vulgar: to defecate on oneself)

   to make dirty, especially used vulgarly to mean defecating in one's clothes

3. 3.

   to scribble, to scrawl

   to write or draw carelessly or hastily

Examples

• "Cuidado para não borrar a tinta enquanto ela está molhada."

  Be careful not to smear the paint while it's wet.

• "A criança borrou o caderno todo com canetinha."

  The child scribbled all over the notebook with a marker.

• "A chuva borrou a assinatura no documento."

  The rain smudged the signature on the document.

Usage

Regular -ar verb. The most common meaning is "to smudge" or "to blur." In vulgar slang, "borrar-se" or "borrar as calças" means to soil oneself from fear or literally. Often used with reflexive pronouns in colloquial expressions like "borrar-se de medo" (to be scared shitless).