decidir
Portuguese, verb/de.siˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
decidir is spelled D-E-C-I-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decidir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to decide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “determinar”.
What does decidir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decide
- 2
to determine
- 3
to resolve
- 4
to deliberate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. determinar 2. resolver 3. deliberar 4. dispor
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 decidir
- decido first-person present singular
- decidi first-person preterite singular
- decidido participle past
- decidires infinitive second-person singular
- decidirmos first-person infinitive plural
- decidirdes infinitive plural second-person
- decidirem infinitive plural third-person
- decidindo gerund
- decididos masculine participle past
- decidida feminine participle past
- decididas feminine participle past
- decides indicative present second-person
- decide indicative present singular
- decidimos first-person indicative plural
- decidis indicative plural present
- decidem indicative plural present
- decidia first-person imperfect indicative
- decidias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decidir?
- Brazil /de.siˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.siˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /de.siˈd͡ʒi(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 decidir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decidir in Portuguese?
decidir appears 39 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).