aprimorar
Portuguese, verb/a.pɾi.moˈɾa(ʁ)/
aprimorar is spelled A-P-R-I-M-O-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprimorar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make more refined or elegant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer com primor”.
What does aprimorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make more refined or elegant
- 2
to make finesse or delicacy accompany
O orador aprimorava os gestos ao falar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer com primor 2. aperfeiçoar
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 aprimorar
- aprimoro first-person present singular
- aprimorei first-person preterite singular
- aprimorado participle past
- aprimorares infinitive second-person singular
- aprimorarmos first-person infinitive plural
- aprimorardes infinitive plural second-person
- aprimorarem infinitive plural third-person
- aprimorando gerund
- aprimorados masculine participle past
- aprimorada feminine participle past
- aprimoradas feminine participle past
- aprimoras indicative present second-person
- aprimora indicative present singular
- aprimoramos first-person indicative plural
- aprimorais indicative plural present
- aprimoram indicative plural present
- aprimorava first-person imperfect indicative
- aprimoravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprimorar?
- Brazil /a.pɾi.moˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pɾi.moˈɾa(h)]
- /a.pɾi.moˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aprimorar in Portuguese?
aprimorar appears 3.5 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).