inexistir
Portuguese, verb/i.ne.zisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
inexistir is spelled I-N-E-X-I-S-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inexistir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to unexist (to not exist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não existir”.
What does inexistir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unexist (to not exist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. não existir 2. deixar de existir 3. tornar inexistente
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 inexistir
- inexisto first-person present singular
- inexisti first-person preterite singular
- inexistido participle past
- inexistires infinitive second-person singular
- inexistirmos first-person infinitive plural
- inexistirdes infinitive plural second-person
- inexistirem infinitive plural third-person
- inexistindo gerund
- inexistidos masculine participle past
- inexistida feminine participle past
- inexistidas feminine participle past
- inexistes indicative present second-person
- inexiste indicative present singular
- inexistimos first-person indicative plural
- inexistis indicative plural present
- inexistem indicative plural present
- inexistia first-person imperfect indicative
- inexistias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inexistir?
- Brazil /i.ne.zisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [i.ne.zisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- /i.ne.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inexistir in Portuguese?
inexistir appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).