cumprir
Portuguese, verb/kũˈpɾi(ʁ)/
cumprir is spelled C-U-M-P-R-I-R (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cumprir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to carry out, to do, to perform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levar a efeito, executar, satisfazer”.
What does cumprir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carry out, to do, to perform
Você deveria cumprir com o seu dever.
- 2
to fulfil
- 3
to accomplish
Você cumpriu os seus objetivos?
- 4
to come true, to be fulfilled
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. levar a efeito, executar, satisfazer 2. realizar o que lhe foi imposto 3. completar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo cumprir 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo cumprir 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo cumprir 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo cumprir
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 cumprir
- cumpro first-person present singular
- cumpri first-person preterite singular
- cumprido participle past
- cumprires infinitive second-person singular
- cumprirmos first-person infinitive plural
- cumprirdes infinitive plural second-person
- cumprirem infinitive plural third-person
- cumprindo gerund
- cumpridos masculine participle past
- cumprida feminine participle past
- cumpridas feminine participle past
- cumpres indicative present second-person
- cumpre indicative present singular
- cumprimos first-person indicative plural
- cumpris indicative plural present
- cumprem indicative plural present
- cumpria first-person imperfect indicative
- cumprias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cumprir?
- Brazil /kũˈpɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kũˈpɾi(h)]
- /kũˈpɾi(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 cumprir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cumprir in Portuguese?
cumprir appears 32 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).