ingerir
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.ʒeˈɾi(ʁ)/
ingerir is spelled I-N-G-E-R-I-R (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingerir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to ingest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocar no estômago”.
What does ingerir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ingest
- 2
to interfere, to meddle with
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. colocar no estômago 2. imiscuir-se, intrometer-se
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 ingerir
- ingiro first-person present singular
- ingere present singular third-person
- ingeri first-person preterite singular
- ingerido participle past
- i-e alternation
- ingerires infinitive second-person singular
- ingerirmos first-person infinitive plural
- ingerirdes infinitive plural second-person
- ingerirem infinitive plural third-person
- ingerindo gerund
- ingeridos masculine participle past
- ingerida feminine participle past
- ingeridas feminine participle past
- ingeres indicative present second-person
- ingerimos first-person indicative plural
- ingeris indicative plural present
- ingerem indicative plural present
- ingeria first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ingerir?
- Brazil /ĩ.ʒeˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.ʒeˈɾi(h)]
- /ĩ.ʒeˈɾi(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 ingerir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ingerir in Portuguese?
ingerir appears 1.4 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).