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abastecer

Portuguese, verb/a.bas.teˈse(ʁ)/

abastecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to supply, provide, provision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prover”.

What does abastecer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to supply, provide, provision

  2. 2

    to fuel

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. prover 2. fornecer 3. municiar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of abastecer

  • abasteço first-person present singular
  • abasteci first-person preterite singular
  • abastecido participle past
  • c-ç alternation
  • abasteceres infinitive second-person singular
  • abastecermos first-person infinitive plural
  • abastecerdes infinitive plural second-person
  • abastecerem infinitive plural third-person
  • abastecendo gerund
  • abastecidos masculine participle past
  • abastecida feminine participle past
  • abastecidas feminine participle past
  • abasteces indicative present second-person
  • abastece indicative present singular
  • abastecemos first-person indicative plural
  • abasteceis indicative plural present
  • abastecem indicative plural present
  • abastecia first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abastecer?

  • Brazil /a.bas.teˈse(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [a.bas.teˈse(h)]
  • /a.bas.teˈse(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to abastecer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abastecer in Portuguese?

abastecer appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).