impedir
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
impedir is spelled I-M-P-E-D-I-R (7 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impedir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prevent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “opor-se a”.
What does impedir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prevent
- 2
to impede, stop
- 3
to hinder, block
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. opor-se a 2. impossibilitar 3. obstruir
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 impedir
- impeço first-person present singular
- impedi first-person preterite singular
- impedido participle past
- impedires infinitive second-person singular
- impedirmos first-person infinitive plural
- impedirdes infinitive plural second-person
- impedirem infinitive plural third-person
- impedindo gerund
- impedidos masculine participle past
- impedida feminine participle past
- impedidas feminine participle past
- impedes indicative present second-person
- impede indicative present singular
- impedimos first-person indicative plural
- impedis indicative plural present
- impedem indicative plural present
- impedia first-person imperfect indicative
- impedias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impedir?
- Brazil /ĩ.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /ĩ.peˈd͡ʒi(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 impedir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impedir in Portuguese?
impedir appears 39 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).