exercer
Portuguese, verb/e.zeʁˈse(ʁ)/
exercer is spelled E-X-E-R-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exercer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to instruct, to command” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preencher ou representar os deveres, as funções ou obrigações inerentes a (um cargo, trabalho, título, etc.)”.
What does exercer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to instruct, to command
- 2
to exercise
- 3
to practise, to do
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. preencher ou representar os deveres, as funções ou obrigações inerentes a (um cargo, trabalho, título, etc.) 2. desempenhar, cumprir 3. pôr em ação; praticar 4. adestrar, exercitar
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 exercer
- exerço first-person present singular
- exerci first-person preterite singular
- exercido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- exerceres infinitive second-person singular
- exercermos first-person infinitive plural
- exercerdes infinitive plural second-person
- exercerem infinitive plural third-person
- exercendo gerund
- exercidos masculine participle past
- exercida feminine participle past
- exercidas feminine participle past
- exerces indicative present second-person
- exerce indicative present singular
- exercemos first-person indicative plural
- exerceis indicative plural present
- exercem indicative plural present
- exercia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exercer?
- Brazil /e.zeʁˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [e.zehˈse(h)]
- Portugal /i.zɨɾ.ˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exercer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exercer in Portuguese?
exercer appears 17 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).