diminuir
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈi(ʁ)/
diminuir is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-I-R (8 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,888th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diminuir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar a quantidade ou número de algo menor”.
What does diminuir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
- 2
to reduce, shorten
- 3
to lower
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar a quantidade ou número de algo menor 2. subtrair um número de outro 3. decrescer
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 diminuir
- diminuo first-person present singular
- diminuí first-person preterite singular
- diminuído participle past
- diminuíres infinitive second-person singular
- diminuirmos first-person infinitive plural
- diminuirdes infinitive plural second-person
- diminuírem infinitive plural third-person
- diminuindo gerund
- diminuídos masculine participle past
- diminuída feminine participle past
- diminuídas feminine participle past
- diminuis indicative present second-person
- diminui indicative present singular
- diminuímos first-person indicative plural
- diminuís indicative plural present
- diminuem indicative plural present
- diminuía first-person imperfect indicative
- diminuías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diminuir?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈi(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.miˈnwi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diminuir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diminuir in Portuguese?
diminuir appears 22 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).