ceder
Portuguese, verb/seˈde(ʁ)/
ceder is spelled C-E-D-E-R (5 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ceder is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cede, to give up, to give away, to hand over, to give (one's own property or rights to others)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desistir de um direito (a favor de outrem)”.
What does ceder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cede, to give up, to give away, to hand over, to give (one's own property or rights to others)
A equipa vencedora cedeu o prémio em dinheiro ao orfanato.
- 2
to lend
Vou ceder a minha casa por uma semana.
- 3
to decide in favor (against one's own previous decision or after doubt)
Não queria sair hoje, mas cedi ao pedido dela.
- 4
to yield, to give in, to surrender (to an argument) (to be convinced after possibly long discussion)
O teu pai cedeu finalmente, podes voltar mais tarde hoje.
- 5
to fall down, to collapse
A casa era realmente velha; quando a olhámos mais de perto, a parede cedeu.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desistir de um direito (a favor de outrem) 2. deixar de forma espontânea para que alguém utilize 3. renunciar a 4. não usar
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 ceder
- cedo first-person present singular
- cedi first-person preterite singular
- cedido participle past
- cederes infinitive second-person singular
- cedermos first-person infinitive plural
- cederdes infinitive plural second-person
- cederem infinitive plural third-person
- cedendo gerund
- cedidos masculine participle past
- cedida feminine participle past
- cedidas feminine participle past
- cedes indicative present second-person
- cede indicative present singular
- cedemos first-person indicative plural
- cedeis indicative plural present
- cedem indicative plural present
- cedia first-person imperfect indicative
- cedias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ceder?
- Brazil /seˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [seˈde(h)]
- /seˈde(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 ceder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ceder in Portuguese?
ceder appears 7.1 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).