erguer
Portuguese, verb/eʁˈɡe(ʁ)/
erguer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lift up, elevate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “levantar; erigir; pôr de pé”.
What does erguer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lift up, elevate
- 2
to build, erect
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. levantar; erigir; pôr de pé 2. construir; edificar 3. aventar os grãos de cereal para o limpar 4. levantar-se; pôr-se de pé
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 erguer
- ergo first-person present singular
- ergui first-person preterite singular
- erguido participle past
- g-gu alternation
- ergueres infinitive second-person singular
- erguermos first-person infinitive plural
- erguerdes infinitive plural second-person
- erguerem infinitive plural third-person
- erguendo gerund
- erguidos masculine participle past
- erguida feminine participle past
- erguidas feminine participle past
- ergues indicative present second-person
- ergue indicative present singular
- erguemos first-person indicative plural
- ergueis indicative plural present
- erguem indicative plural present
- erguia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erguer?
- Brazil /eʁˈɡe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [eɦˈɡe(h)]
- /eɾˈɡe(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 erguer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erguer in Portuguese?
erguer appears 4.0 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).