ferir
Portuguese, verb/fiˈɾi(ʁ)/
ferir is spelled F-E-R-I-R (5 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hurt, injure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar ferimento a”.
What does ferir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurt, injure
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar ferimento a 2. golpear 3. fender
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 ferir
- firo first-person present singular
- fere present singular third-person
- feri first-person preterite singular
- ferido participle past
- i-e alternation
- ferires infinitive second-person singular
- ferirmos first-person infinitive plural
- ferirdes infinitive plural second-person
- ferirem infinitive plural third-person
- ferindo gerund
- feridos masculine participle past
- ferida feminine participle past
- feridas feminine participle past
- feres indicative present second-person
- ferimos first-person indicative plural
- feris indicative plural present
- ferem indicative plural present
- feria first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferir?
- Brazil /fiˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fiˈɾi(h)]
- Brazil /feˈɾi(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 ferir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferir in Portuguese?
ferir appears 6.5 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).