devir
Portuguese, verb/deˈvi(ʁ)/
devir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to become” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar-se, dar-se, suceder, acontecer, acabar por vir”.
What does devir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. movimento pelo qual as coisas se transformam 2. a própria mudança
verb: 1. tornar-se, dar-se, suceder, acontecer, acabar por vir
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 devir
- devenho first-person present singular
- devim first-person preterite singular
- devindo participle past
- devires infinitive second-person singular
- devirmos first-person infinitive plural
- devirdes infinitive plural second-person
- devirem infinitive plural third-person
- devindos masculine participle past
- devinda feminine participle past
- devindas feminine participle past
- devéns indicative present second-person
- devém indicative present singular
- devimos first-person indicative plural
- devindes indicative plural present
- devêm indicative plural present
- devinha first-person imperfect indicative
- devinhas imperfect indicative second-person
- devínhamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devir?
- Brazil /deˈvi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [deˈvi(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devir in Portuguese?
devir appears 1.1 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).