gorjear
Portuguese, verb/ɡoʁ.ʒeˈa(ʁ)/
gorjear is spelled G-O-R-J-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gorjear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to warble, to sing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emitir sons, cantar (as aves)”.
What does gorjear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to warble, to sing
Gonçalves Dias (1843), Canção do exílio: “As aves que aqui gorjeiam / Não gorjeiam como lá.”
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emitir sons, cantar (as aves) 2. cantar de maneira bela, agradável
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 gorjear
- gorjeio first-person present singular
- gorjeei first-person preterite singular
- gorjeado participle past
- gorjeares infinitive second-person singular
- gorjearmos first-person infinitive plural
- gorjeardes infinitive plural second-person
- gorjearem infinitive plural third-person
- gorjeando gerund
- gorjeados masculine participle past
- gorjeada feminine participle past
- gorjeadas feminine participle past
- gorjeias indicative present second-person
- gorjeia indicative present singular
- gorjeamos first-person indicative plural
- gorjeais indicative plural present
- gorjeiam indicative plural present
- gorjeava first-person imperfect indicative
- gorjeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gorjear?
- Brazil /ɡoʁ.ʒeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡoɦ.ʒeˈa(h)]
- /ɡoɾ.ʒeˈa(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 gorjear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gorjear in Portuguese?
gorjear appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).