diligenciar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
diligenciar is spelled D-I-L-I-G-E-N-C-I-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diligenciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to do one's best” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atender, socorrer com diligência”.
What does diligenciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do one's best
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atender, socorrer com diligência 2. esforçar(-se); dedicar(-se) a algo com esforço
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 diligenciar
- diligencio first-person present singular
- diligenciei first-person preterite singular
- diligenciado participle past
- diligenciares infinitive second-person singular
- diligenciarmos first-person infinitive plural
- diligenciardes infinitive plural second-person
- diligenciarem infinitive plural third-person
- diligenciando gerund
- diligenciados masculine participle past
- diligenciada feminine participle past
- diligenciadas feminine participle past
- diligencias indicative present second-person
- diligencia indicative present singular
- diligenciamos first-person indicative plural
- diligenciais indicative plural present
- diligenciam indicative plural present
- diligenciava first-person imperfect indicative
- diligenciavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diligenciar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diligenciar in Portuguese?
diligenciar appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).