ganir
Portuguese, verb/ɡaˈni(ʁ)/
ganir is spelled G-A-N-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ganir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to whine; yelp (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emitir ganidos, gemer o cão”.
What does ganir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whine; yelp (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emitir ganidos, gemer o cão
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 ganir
- gano first-person present singular
- gani first-person preterite singular
- ganido participle past
- ganires infinitive second-person singular
- ganirmos first-person infinitive plural
- ganirdes infinitive plural second-person
- ganirem infinitive plural third-person
- ganindo gerund
- ganidos masculine participle past
- ganida feminine participle past
- ganidas feminine participle past
- ganes indicative present second-person
- gane indicative present singular
- ganimos first-person indicative plural
- ganis indicative plural present
- ganem indicative plural present
- gania first-person imperfect indicative
- ganias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ganir?
- Brazil /ɡaˈni(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡaˈni(h)]
- /ɡaˈni(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ganir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ganir in Portuguese?
ganir appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).