abrir
Portuguese, verb/aˈbɾi(ʁ)/
abrir is spelled A-B-R-I-R (5 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,045th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to open” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levar de um estado fechado para um aberto, descerrar”.
What does abrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to open
- 2
to deal (a card)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. levar de um estado fechado para um aberto, descerrar 2. destrancar (uma porta) 3. inaugurar (um negócio) 4. permitir a influência ou participação de agentes externos;
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 abrir
- abro first-person present singular
- abri first-person preterite singular
- aberto participle past
- abrires infinitive second-person singular
- abrirmos first-person infinitive plural
- abrirdes infinitive plural second-person
- abrirem infinitive plural third-person
- abrindo gerund
- abertos masculine participle past
- aberta feminine participle past
- abertas feminine participle past
- abres indicative present second-person
- abre indicative present singular
- abrimos first-person indicative plural
- abris indicative plural present
- abrem indicative plural present
- abria first-person imperfect indicative
- abrias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrir?
- Brazil /aˈbɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aˈbɾi(h)]
- /aˈbɾi(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 abrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrir in Portuguese?
abrir appears 93 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).