imperar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
imperar is spelled I-M-P-E-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imperar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to reign, rule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mandar”.
What does imperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reign, rule
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mandar 2. dar ordens a 3. governar com autoridade suprema 4. exercer o poder supremo
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 imperar
- impero first-person present singular
- imperei first-person preterite singular
- imperado participle past
- imperares infinitive second-person singular
- imperarmos first-person infinitive plural
- imperardes infinitive plural second-person
- imperarem infinitive plural third-person
- imperando gerund
- imperados masculine participle past
- imperada feminine participle past
- imperadas feminine participle past
- imperas indicative present second-person
- impera indicative present singular
- imperamos first-person indicative plural
- imperais indicative plural present
- imperam indicative plural present
- imperava first-person imperfect indicative
- imperavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imperar?
- Brazil /ĩ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.peˈɾa(h)]
- /ĩ.peˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imperar in Portuguese?
imperar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).