beber
Portuguese, verb/beˈbe(ʁ)/
beber is spelled B-E-B-E-R (5 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beber is a Portuguese verb meaning “to drink (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de ingerir líquido”.
What does beber mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drink (something)
Ele está bebendo água.
- 2
to consume alcoholic beverages
João bebeu muito na festa.
- 3
to drink something
Quero beber!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ato de ingerir líquido 2. beber¹ bebida alcoólica 3. conotação para algo que é ingerido em seu corpo 4. brindar
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 beber
- bebo first-person present singular
- bebi first-person preterite singular
- bebido participle past
- beberes infinitive second-person singular
- bebermos first-person infinitive plural
- beberdes infinitive plural second-person
- beberem infinitive plural third-person
- bebendo gerund
- bebidos masculine participle past
- bebida feminine participle past
- bebidas feminine participle past
- bebes indicative present second-person
- bebe indicative present singular
- bebemos first-person indicative plural
- bebeis indicative plural present
- bebem indicative plural present
- bebia first-person imperfect indicative
- bebias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beber?
- Brazil /beˈbe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [beˈbe(h)]
- /beˈbe(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 beber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beber in Portuguese?
beber appears 63 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).