brigar
Portuguese, verb/bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
brigar is spelled B-R-I-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brigar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to brawl, fight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter brigas”.
What does brigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brawl, fight
- 2
to quarrel
- 3
to argue, have an argument
Briguei com meu namorado ontem e não nos falamos desde 19h.
- 4
to scold
Você brigou comigo.
- 5
to fall out (to cease to be on friendly terms)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter brigas 2. lutar
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 brigar
- brigo first-person present singular
- briguei first-person preterite singular
- brigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- brigares infinitive second-person singular
- brigarmos first-person infinitive plural
- brigardes infinitive plural second-person
- brigarem infinitive plural third-person
- brigando gerund
- brigados masculine participle past
- brigada feminine participle past
- brigadas feminine participle past
- brigas indicative present second-person
- briga indicative present singular
- brigamos first-person indicative plural
- brigais indicative plural present
- brigam indicative plural present
- brigava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brigar?
- Brazil /bɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bɾiˈɡa(h)]
- /bɾiˈɡa(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 brigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brigar in Portuguese?
brigar appears 11 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).