gerar

Gerar is a verb in Portuguese meaning to generate, produce, or bring into existence. It is widely used in everyday language and in technical contexts such as computing, economics, biology, and energy. The word comes from Latin generare, from genus, generis, related to birth and creation.

Common uses include producing physical outputs (gerar energia), creating outcomes (gerar lucro, gerar riqueza), and initiating processes (gerar conteúdo, gerar dados). It can also mean beget or cause offspring (gerar filhos). In computing and statistics, gerar is used for generating results, sequences, or random numbers (gerar números aleatórios).

Grammatically, gerar is a regular -ar verb. Its conjugation follows standard patterns: present tense forms such as eu gero, tu geras, ele gera; pretérito perfeito forms like eu gerei, ele gerou; and gerúndio (gerando) and particípio passado (gerado).

Related terms include gerador (generator), geração (generation), and gerado (generated). The verb appears across domains such as technology, science, and finance, where the act of producing or creating results is central.