aperceber
Portuguese, verb/a.peʁ.seˈbe(ʁ)/
aperceber is a Portuguese verb meaning “to notice; to catch sight of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver ao longe”.
What does aperceber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notice; to catch sight of
Apercebi meu amigo na cerração.
- 2
to realize (to become aware of a fact or situation)
O imperador finalmente se apercebeu da gravidade da situação.
- 3
to prepare (for battle), to provide supplies (for troops, army), to provision (an army)
- 4
to supply (e.g. a ship)
- 5
to prepare (for battle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ver ao longe 2. avistar
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 aperceber
- apercebo first-person present singular
- apercebi first-person preterite singular
- apercebido participle past
- aperceberes infinitive second-person singular
- apercebermos first-person infinitive plural
- aperceberdes infinitive plural second-person
- aperceberem infinitive plural third-person
- apercebendo gerund
- apercebidos masculine participle past
- apercebida feminine participle past
- apercebidas feminine participle past
- apercebes indicative present second-person
- apercebe indicative present singular
- apercebemos first-person indicative plural
- apercebeis indicative plural present
- apercebem indicative plural present
- apercebia first-person imperfect indicative
- apercebias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aperceber?
- Brazil /a.peʁ.seˈbe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.peh.seˈbe(h)]
- /a.peɾ.seˈbe(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aperceber in Portuguese?
aperceber appears 1.3 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).