dirigir
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/
dirigir is spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-R (7 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dirigir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to drive (a vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar direção”.
What does dirigir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drive (a vehicle)
Ele dirigiu o carro de seu pai.
- 2
to drive any vehicle
O Pedro dirige muito bem.
- 3
to command, to rule, to control (something)
O presidente dirigiu aquele país por muito tempo.
- 4
Brazilto direct a film
- 5
to head (move in a specified direction)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar direção 2. administrar, governar, controlar 3. orientar 4. ir para, rumar
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 dirigir
- dirijo first-person present singular
- dirigi first-person preterite singular
- dirigido participle past
- g-j alternation
- dirigires infinitive second-person singular
- dirigirmos first-person infinitive plural
- dirigirdes infinitive plural second-person
- dirigirem infinitive plural third-person
- dirigindo gerund
- dirigidos masculine participle past
- dirigida feminine participle past
- dirigidas feminine participle past
- diriges indicative present second-person
- dirige indicative present singular
- dirigimos first-person indicative plural
- dirigis indicative plural present
- dirigem indicative plural present
- dirigia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dirigir?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(h)]
- /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(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 dirigir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dirigir in Portuguese?
dirigir appears 25 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).