agir
Portuguese, verb/aˈʒi(ʁ)/
agir is spelled A-G-I-R (4 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to do something; to act; to function; to perform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tomar providências; atuar, fazer”.
What does agir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do something; to act; to function; to perform
- 2
to conduct oneself in a specific manner; to behave; to proceed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tomar providências; atuar, fazer 2. exercer atividade; trabalhar, atuar 3. proceder de determinado modo; conduzir-se, comportar-se 4. ingressar em juízo
abbreviation: 1. Agir, antigo PTC (Partido Trabalhista Cristão)
abbreviation: 1. Agir, antigo PTC (Partido Trabalhista Cristão)
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 agir
- ajo first-person present singular
- agi first-person preterite singular
- agido participle past
- g-j alternation
- agires infinitive second-person singular
- agirmos first-person infinitive plural
- agirdes infinitive plural second-person
- agirem infinitive plural third-person
- agindo gerund
- agidos masculine participle past
- agida feminine participle past
- agidas feminine participle past
- ages indicative present second-person
- age indicative present singular
- agimos first-person indicative plural
- agis indicative plural present
- agem indicative plural present
- agia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agir?
- Brazil /aˈʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aˈʒi(h)]
- /aˈʒi(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 agir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agir in Portuguese?
agir appears 43 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).