brandir
Portuguese, verb/bɾɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
brandir is spelled B-R-A-N-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brandir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to brandish (to move a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de agitar uma arma ou objeto antes de desferir um golpe”.
What does brandir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brandish (to move a weapon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ato de agitar uma arma ou objeto antes de desferir um golpe.
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 brandir
- brande present singular third-person
- brandi first-person preterite singular
- brandido participle past
- brandires infinitive second-person singular
- brandirmos first-person infinitive plural
- brandirdes infinitive plural second-person
- brandirem infinitive plural third-person
- brandindo gerund
- brandidos masculine participle past
- brandida feminine participle past
- brandidas feminine participle past
- brandes indicative present second-person
- brandimos first-person indicative plural
- brandis indicative plural present
- brandem indicative plural present
- brandia first-person imperfect indicative
- brandias imperfect indicative second-person
- brandíamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brandir?
- Brazil /bɾɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bɾɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /bɾɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi(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 brandir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brandir in Portuguese?
brandir appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).