auferir
Portuguese, verb/aw.feˈɾi(ʁ)/
auferir is spelled A-U-F-E-R-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auferir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to acquire, collect, obtain, receive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adquirir, colher, obter, receber ou oferecer (vantagem)”.
What does auferir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to acquire, collect, obtain, receive
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. adquirir, colher, obter, receber ou oferecer (vantagem)
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 auferir
- aufiro first-person present singular
- aufere present singular third-person
- auferi first-person preterite singular
- auferido participle past
- i-e alternation
- auferires infinitive second-person singular
- auferirmos first-person infinitive plural
- auferirdes infinitive plural second-person
- auferirem infinitive plural third-person
- auferindo gerund
- auferidos masculine participle past
- auferida feminine participle past
- auferidas feminine participle past
- auferes indicative present second-person
- auferimos first-person indicative plural
- auferis indicative plural present
- auferem indicative plural present
- auferia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auferir?
- Brazil /aw.feˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.feˈɾi(h)]
- /aw.feˈɾi(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 auferir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auferir in Portuguese?
auferir appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).