circundar
Portuguese, verb/siʁ.kũˈda(ʁ)/
circundar is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-D-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circundar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to circle; to surround” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rodear”.
What does circundar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to circle; to surround
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. rodear 2. cercar 3. andar à volta de
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 circundar
- circundo first-person present singular
- circundei first-person preterite singular
- circundado participle past
- circundares infinitive second-person singular
- circundarmos first-person infinitive plural
- circundardes infinitive plural second-person
- circundarem infinitive plural third-person
- circundando gerund
- circundados masculine participle past
- circundada feminine participle past
- circundadas feminine participle past
- circundas indicative present second-person
- circunda indicative present singular
- circundamos first-person indicative plural
- circundais indicative plural present
- circundam indicative plural present
- circundava first-person imperfect indicative
- circundavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circundar?
- Brazil /siʁ.kũˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sih.kũˈda(h)]
- /siɾ.kũˈda(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 circundar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circundar in Portuguese?
circundar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).