comprimir
Portuguese, verb/kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/
comprimir is spelled C-O-M-P-R-I-M-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comprimir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to compress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sujeitar à compressão, reduzindo o volume”.
What does comprimir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compress
- 2
to zip, compress
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sujeitar à compressão, reduzindo o volume 2. apertar ou aconchegar: 3. reprimir ou manter sobre disciplina férrea 4. reduzir o espaçamento entre as moléculas
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 comprimir
- comprimo first-person present singular
- comprimi first-person preterite singular
- comprimido participle past
- compresso participle past short-form
- comprimires infinitive second-person singular
- comprimirmos first-person infinitive plural
- comprimirdes infinitive plural second-person
- comprimirem infinitive plural third-person
- comprimindo gerund
- compressos masculine participle past
- compressa feminine participle past
- compressas feminine participle past
- comprimidos long-form masculine participle
- comprimida feminine long-form participle
- comprimidas feminine long-form participle
- comprimes indicative present second-person
- comprime indicative present singular
- comprimimos first-person indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comprimir?
- Brazil /kõ.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.pɾiˈmi(h)]
- /kõ.pɾiˈmi(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 comprimir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comprimir in Portuguese?
comprimir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).