governar
Portuguese, verb/ɡo.veʁˈna(ʁ)/
governar is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Governar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to govern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “regular o andamento de”.
What does governar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to govern
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. regular o andamento de 2. dirigir 3. administrar 4. imperar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo governar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo governar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo governar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo governar
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 governar
- governo first-person present singular
- governei first-person preterite singular
- governado participle past
- governares infinitive second-person singular
- governarmos first-person infinitive plural
- governardes infinitive plural second-person
- governarem infinitive plural third-person
- governando gerund
- governados masculine participle past
- governada feminine participle past
- governadas feminine participle past
- governas indicative present second-person
- governa indicative present singular
- governamos first-person indicative plural
- governais indicative plural present
- governam indicative plural present
- governava first-person imperfect indicative
- governavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce governar?
- Brazil /ɡo.veʁˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡo.veɦˈna(h)]
- /ɡo.veɾˈna(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 governar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is governar in Portuguese?
governar appears 9.8 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).