advir
Portuguese, verb/a.d͡ʒiˈvi(ʁ)/
advir is spelled A-D-V-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Advir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to occur, befall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chegar depois”.
What does advir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to occur, befall
- 2
to happen (by accident)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. chegar depois 2. ocorrer, sobrevir 3. derivar, resultar 4. acontecer por acidente
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 advir
- advenho first-person present singular
- advim first-person preterite singular
- advindo participle past
- advires infinitive second-person singular
- advirmos first-person infinitive plural
- advirdes infinitive plural second-person
- advirem infinitive plural third-person
- advindos masculine participle past
- advinda feminine participle past
- advindas feminine participle past
- advéns indicative present second-person
- advém indicative present singular
- advimos first-person indicative plural
- advindes indicative plural present
- advêm indicative plural present
- advinha first-person imperfect indicative
- advinhas imperfect indicative second-person
- advínhamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce advir?
- Brazil /a.d͡ʒiˈvi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.d͡ʒiˈvi(h)]
- Brazil /ad͡ʒˈvi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is advir in Portuguese?
advir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).