aprender
Portuguese, verb/a.pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/
aprender is spelled A-P-R-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to learn, to acquire knowledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adquirir o conhecimento de”.
What does aprender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to learn, to acquire knowledge
Em dois anos, aprendi francês.
- 2
to be able to learn
Meu filho caçula aprende mais rápido que o irmão.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. adquirir o conhecimento de 2. ficar sabendo 3. instruir-se:
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 aprender
- aprendo first-person present singular
- aprendi first-person preterite singular
- aprendido participle past
- aprenderes infinitive second-person singular
- aprendermos first-person infinitive plural
- aprenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- aprenderem infinitive plural third-person
- aprendendo gerund
- aprendidos masculine participle past
- aprendida feminine participle past
- aprendidas feminine participle past
- aprendes indicative present second-person
- aprende indicative present singular
- aprendemos first-person indicative plural
- aprendeis indicative plural present
- aprendem indicative plural present
- aprendia first-person imperfect indicative
- aprendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprender?
- Brazil /a.pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pɾẽˈde(h)]
- /a.pɾẽˈde(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 aprender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aprender in Portuguese?
aprender appears 100 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).