comedir
Portuguese, verb/ko.meˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
comedir is spelled C-O-M-E-D-I-R (7 letters). Comedir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to moderate, to regulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer usar ou usar de moderação, comedimento”.
What does comedir mean in English?
verb
- 1
BrazilPortugalto moderate, to regulate
- 2
BrazilPortugalto restrain
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer usar ou usar de moderação, comedimento 2. obedecer ou fazer alguém obedecer a uma exigência ou a um dever 3. tornar(-se) respeitoso, prudente
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 comedir
- comedi first-person preterite singular
- comedido participle past
- começo first-person present singular
- comedires infinitive second-person singular
- comedirmos first-person infinitive plural
- comedirdes infinitive plural second-person
- comedirem infinitive plural third-person
- comedindo gerund
- comedidos masculine participle past
- comedida feminine participle past
- comedidas feminine participle past
- comedimos first-person indicative plural
- comedis indicative plural present
- comedia first-person imperfect indicative
- comedias imperfect indicative second-person
- comedíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- comedíeis imperfect indicative plural
- comediam imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comedir?
- Brazil /ko.meˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ko.meˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /ko.meˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.