avisar
Portuguese, verb/a.viˈza(ʁ)/
avisar is spelled A-V-I-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avisar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to notify, to warn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar aviso”.
What does avisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to notify, to warn
Aquele carro está pegando fogo! Alguém avisa o motorista!
- 2
to let know, to inform
Se ela chegar, avise o diretor, por favor.
- 3
to advise
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar aviso 2. fazer saber 3. aconselhar; admoestar; advertir 4. tomar parecer
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 avisar
- aviso first-person present singular
- avisei first-person preterite singular
- avisado participle past
- avisares infinitive second-person singular
- avisarmos first-person infinitive plural
- avisardes infinitive plural second-person
- avisarem infinitive plural third-person
- avisando gerund
- avisados masculine participle past
- avisada feminine participle past
- avisadas feminine participle past
- avisas indicative present second-person
- avisa indicative present singular
- avisamos first-person indicative plural
- avisais indicative plural present
- avisam indicative plural present
- avisava first-person imperfect indicative
- avisavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avisar?
- Brazil /a.viˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.viˈza(h)]
- /a.viˈza(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 avisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avisar in Portuguese?
avisar appears 23 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).