abduzir
Portuguese, verb/a.bi.duˈzi(ʁ)/
abduzir is spelled A-B-D-U-Z-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abduzir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to separate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afastar”.
What does abduzir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to separate
- 2
to abduct (to draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body)
- 3
Brazilto abduct (to draw away from its ordinary position)
- 4
to abduct
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afastar 2. desviar de um ponto
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 abduzir
- abduzo first-person present singular
- abduzi first-person preterite singular
- abduzido participle past
- abduzires infinitive second-person singular
- abduzirmos first-person infinitive plural
- abduzirdes infinitive plural second-person
- abduzirem infinitive plural third-person
- abduzindo gerund
- abduzidos masculine participle past
- abduzida feminine participle past
- abduzidas feminine participle past
- abduzes indicative present second-person
- abduz indicative present singular
- abduzimos first-person indicative plural
- abduzis indicative plural present
- abduzem indicative plural present
- abduzia first-person imperfect indicative
- abduzias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abduzir?
- Brazil /a.bi.duˈzi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.bi.duˈzi(h)]
- Brazil /ab.duˈzi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abduzir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abduzir in Portuguese?
abduzir appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).