dissuadir
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒi.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
dissuadir is spelled D-I-S-S-U-A-D-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissuadir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dissuade (convince not to try or do)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “convencer alguém a não fazer algo”.
What does dissuadir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dissuade (convince not to try or do)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. convencer alguém a não fazer algo
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 dissuadir
- dissuado first-person present singular
- dissuadi first-person preterite singular
- dissuadido participle past
- dissuadires infinitive second-person singular
- dissuadirmos first-person infinitive plural
- dissuadirdes infinitive plural second-person
- dissuadirem infinitive plural third-person
- dissuadindo gerund
- dissuadidos masculine participle past
- dissuadida feminine participle past
- dissuadidas feminine participle past
- dissuades indicative present second-person
- dissuade indicative present singular
- dissuadimos first-person indicative plural
- dissuadis indicative plural present
- dissuadem indicative plural present
- dissuadia first-person imperfect indicative
- dissuadias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissuadir?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.su.aˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.swaˈd͡ʒi(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 dissuadir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissuadir in Portuguese?
dissuadir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).