firme
Portuguese, adjective/ˈfiʁ.mi/
firme is spelled F-I-R-M-E (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Firme is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “firm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of firmar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fixo; estável”.
What does firme mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefirm
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fixo; estável 2. resoluto
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 firme
- firmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce firme?
- Brazil /ˈfiʁ.mi/
- Brazil [ˈfiɦ.mi]
- /ˈfiɾ.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to firme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is firme in Portuguese?
firme appears 26 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).