contribuir
Portuguese, verb/kõ.tɾi.buˈi(ʁ)/
contribuir is spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-I-R (10 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contribuir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to contribute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cooperar, colaborar, ajudar”.
What does contribuir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to contribute
- 2
to subscribe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cooperar, colaborar, ajudar 2. pagar uma contribuição 3. fornecer
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 contribuir
- contribuo first-person present singular
- contribuí first-person preterite singular
- contribuído participle past
- contribuíres infinitive second-person singular
- contribuirmos first-person infinitive plural
- contribuirdes infinitive plural second-person
- contribuírem infinitive plural third-person
- contribuindo gerund
- contribuídos masculine participle past
- contribuída feminine participle past
- contribuídas feminine participle past
- contribuis indicative present second-person
- contribui indicative present singular
- contribuímos first-person indicative plural
- contribuís indicative plural present
- contribuem indicative plural present
- contribuía first-person imperfect indicative
- contribuías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contribuir?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾi.buˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.tɾi.buˈi(h)]
- Brazil /kõ.tɾiˈbwi(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 contribuir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contribuir in Portuguese?
contribuir appears 25 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).