erigir
Portuguese, verb/e.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/
erigir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to set up; to construct; to build” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “erguer, levantar”.
What does erigir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set up; to construct; to build
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. erguer, levantar 2. edificar 3. elevar
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 erigir
- erijo first-person present singular
- erigi first-person preterite singular
- erigido participle past
- g-j alternation
- erigires infinitive second-person singular
- erigirmos first-person infinitive plural
- erigirdes infinitive plural second-person
- erigirem infinitive plural third-person
- erigindo gerund
- erigidos masculine participle past
- erigida feminine participle past
- erigidas feminine participle past
- eriges indicative present second-person
- erige indicative present singular
- erigimos first-person indicative plural
- erigis indicative plural present
- erigem indicative plural present
- erigia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erigir?
- Brazil /e.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.ɾiˈʒi(h)]
- /e.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 erigir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erigir in Portuguese?
erigir appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).