fruir
Portuguese, verb/fɾuˈi(ʁ)/
fruir is spelled F-R-U-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fruir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to enjoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gozar”.
What does fruir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enjoy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gozar 2. usufruir 3. ter prazer com
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 fruir
- fruo first-person present singular
- fruí first-person preterite singular
- fruído participle past
- fruíres infinitive second-person singular
- fruirmos first-person infinitive plural
- fruirdes infinitive plural second-person
- fruírem infinitive plural third-person
- fruindo gerund
- fruídos masculine participle past
- fruída feminine participle past
- fruídas feminine participle past
- fruis indicative present second-person
- frui indicative present singular
- fruímos first-person indicative plural
- fruís indicative plural present
- fruem indicative plural present
- fruía first-person imperfect indicative
- fruías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fruir?
- Brazil /fɾuˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fɾuˈi(h)]
- Brazil /ˈfɾwi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fruir in Portuguese?
fruir appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).