dignar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/
dignar is spelled D-I-G-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dignar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to deign, condescend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter a bondade, a generosidade de; haver por bem; condescender”.
What does dignar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deign, condescend
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter a bondade, a generosidade de; haver por bem; condescender 2. tornar digno
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 dignar
- digno first-person present singular
- dignei first-person preterite singular
- dignado participle past
- dignares infinitive second-person singular
- dignarmos first-person infinitive plural
- dignardes infinitive plural second-person
- dignarem infinitive plural third-person
- dignando gerund
- dignados masculine participle past
- dignada feminine participle past
- dignadas feminine participle past
- dignas indicative present second-person
- digna indicative present singular
- dignamos first-person indicative plural
- dignais indicative plural present
- dignam indicative plural present
- dignava first-person imperfect indicative
- dignavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dignar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.ɡiˈna(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiɡˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dignar in Portuguese?
dignar appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).