fletir
Portuguese, verb/ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiʁ/
fletir is spelled F-L-E-T-I-R (6 letters). Fletir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bend, flex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dobrar; curvar; vergar; abrandar; afrouxar; ceder”.
What does fletir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bend, flex
- 2
to yield, give in
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dobrar; curvar; vergar; abrandar; afrouxar; ceder 2. fazer a flexão de
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 fletir
- flito first-person present singular
- flete present singular third-person
- fleti first-person preterite singular
- fletido participle past
- i-e alternation
- fletires infinitive second-person singular
- fletirmos first-person infinitive plural
- fletirdes infinitive plural second-person
- fletirem infinitive plural third-person
- fletindo gerund
- fletidos masculine participle past
- fletida feminine participle past
- fletidas feminine participle past
- fletes indicative present second-person
- fletimos first-person indicative plural
- fletis indicative plural present
- fletem indicative plural present
- fletia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fletir?
- Brazil /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiʁ/
- Brazil [ˈflɛ.t͡ʃih]
- /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.