apreender
Portuguese, verb/a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/
apreender is spelled A-P-R-E-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apreender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to apprehend (to take or seize; to take hold of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer a apreensão de”.
What does apreender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apprehend (to take or seize; to take hold of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer a apreensão de 2. prender
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 apreender
- apreendo first-person present singular
- apreendi first-person preterite singular
- apreendido participle past
- apreenderes infinitive second-person singular
- apreendermos first-person infinitive plural
- apreenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- apreenderem infinitive plural third-person
- apreendendo gerund
- apreendidos masculine participle past
- apreendida feminine participle past
- apreendidas feminine participle past
- apreendes indicative present second-person
- apreende indicative present singular
- apreendemos first-person indicative plural
- apreendeis indicative plural present
- apreendem indicative plural present
- apreendia first-person imperfect indicative
- apreendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apreender?
- Brazil /a.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)]
- Brazil /a.pɾi.ẽˈde(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 apreender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apreender in Portuguese?
apreender appears 1.8 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).