bulir
Portuguese, verb/buˈli(ʁ)/
bulir is spelled B-U-L-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bulir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fidget, to shake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mover ou agitar de leve; tocar”.
What does bulir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fidget, to shake
- 2
to tease, to provoke, to pester
Pare de bulir com seus colegas.
- 3
informalto work
- 4
to palpitate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mover ou agitar de leve; tocar 2. fazer arranjo ou conserto 3. causar incômodo ou inquietação 4. caçoar; brincar
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 bulir
- bulo first-person present singular
- buli first-person preterite singular
- bulido participle past
- u-o alternation
- bulires infinitive second-person singular
- bulirmos first-person infinitive plural
- bulirdes infinitive plural second-person
- bulirem infinitive plural third-person
- bulindo gerund
- bulidos masculine participle past
- bulida feminine participle past
- bulidas feminine participle past
- boles indicative present second-person
- bole indicative present singular
- bulimos first-person indicative plural
- bulis indicative plural present
- bolem indicative plural present
- bulia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bulir?
- Brazil /buˈli(ʁ)/
- Brazil [buˈli(h)]
- /buˈli(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 bulir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bulir in Portuguese?
bulir appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).