apresentar
Portuguese, verb/a.pɾe.zẽˈta(ʁ)/
apresentar is spelled A-P-R-E-S-E-N-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apresentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to introduce (to make multiple people become acquainted with one another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mostrar”.
What does apresentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to introduce (to make multiple people become acquainted with one another)
Fui eu que apresentei os noivos.
- 2
to introduce; to present (to make (someone) become acquainted to)
Alguém deve apresentar o enviado ao rei.
- 3
to introduce oneself
Ela chegou e logo se apresentou.
- 4
to present (to put (something) forward to be seen)
Apresentamos o novo produto ao mercado.
- 5
to present (to give a presentation)
Três doutorandos apresentarão suas teses amanhã.
- 6
to host, to present (to act as a host at an event or for a program)
Há rumores de que ela apresentará o novo reality show.
- 7
to perform (to do something in front of an audience)
Venha ver minha banda se apresentar sábado.
- 8
to exhibit (to have as a characteristic)
O corpo apresentava vários buracos de bala.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mostrar 2. indicar alguém para um cargo
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 apresentar
- apresento first-person present singular
- apresentei first-person preterite singular
- apresentado participle past
- apresentares infinitive second-person singular
- apresentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- apresentardes infinitive plural second-person
- apresentarem infinitive plural third-person
- apresentando gerund
- apresentados masculine participle past
- apresentada feminine participle past
- apresentadas feminine participle past
- apresentas indicative present second-person
- apresenta indicative present singular
- apresentamos first-person indicative plural
- apresentais indicative plural present
- apresentam indicative plural present
- apresentava first-person imperfect indicative
- apresentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apresentar?
- Brazil /a.pɾe.zẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pɾe.zẽˈta(h)]
- /a.pɾe.zẽˈta(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 apresentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apresentar in Portuguese?
apresentar appears 68 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).