entender
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
entender is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to understand, to grasp, to comprehend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perceber o significado de algo; compreender”.
What does entender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to understand, to grasp, to comprehend
Não entendi este livro.
- 2
to have a good or satisfactory relationship (with someone)
Márcia e eu nos entendemos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. modo de pensar, modo de ver um problema
verb: 1. perceber o significado de algo; compreender 2. ser completamente familiar com algo; compreender claramente a natureza, sutilezas e o caráter de algo 3. atribuir um significado a algo; interpretar 4. captar a significância, importância e ramificações de 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 entender
- entendo first-person present singular
- entendi first-person preterite singular
- entendido participle past
- entenderes infinitive second-person singular
- entendermos first-person infinitive plural
- entenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- entenderem infinitive plural third-person
- entendendo gerund
- entendidos masculine participle past
- entendida feminine participle past
- entendidas feminine participle past
- entendes indicative present second-person
- entende indicative present singular
- entendemos first-person indicative plural
- entendeis indicative plural present
- entendem indicative plural present
- entendia first-person imperfect indicative
- entendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entender?
- Brazil /ẽ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.tẽˈde(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.tẽˈde(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 entender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entender in Portuguese?
entender appears 129 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).