construir
Portuguese, verb/kõs.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/
construir is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-R (9 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,607th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Construir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to build” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “juntar diferentes elementos para formar um todo, edificar”.
What does construir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to build
- 2
to construct
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. juntar diferentes elementos para formar um todo, edificar 2. dar estrutura a; edificar; obrar 3. dispor, combinar partes 4. arquitetar
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 construir
- construo first-person present singular
- construí first-person preterite singular
- construído participle past
- construíres infinitive second-person singular
- construirmos first-person infinitive plural
- construirdes infinitive plural second-person
- construírem infinitive plural third-person
- construindo gerund
- construídos masculine participle past
- construída feminine participle past
- construídas feminine participle past
- constróis indicative present second-person
- construis indicative present second-person
- constrói indicative present singular
- construi indicative present singular
- construímos first-person indicative plural
- construís indicative plural present
- constroem indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce construir?
- Brazil /kõs.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõs.tɾuˈi(h)]
- Brazil /kõsˈtɾwi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to construir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is construir in Portuguese?
construir appears 60 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).