inspirar
Portuguese, verb/ĩs.piˈɾa(ʁ)/
inspirar is spelled I-N-S-P-I-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inspirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to inspire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar inspiração”.
What does inspirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to inspire
- 2
to inhale
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar inspiração 2. introduzir o ar nos pulmões 3. sugerir 4. insinuar
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 inspirar
- inspiro first-person present singular
- inspirei first-person preterite singular
- inspirado participle past
- inspirares infinitive second-person singular
- inspirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- inspirardes infinitive plural second-person
- inspirarem infinitive plural third-person
- inspirando gerund
- inspirados masculine participle past
- inspirada feminine participle past
- inspiradas feminine participle past
- inspiras indicative present second-person
- inspira indicative present singular
- inspiramos first-person indicative plural
- inspirais indicative plural present
- inspiram indicative plural present
- inspirava first-person imperfect indicative
- inspiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inspirar?
- Brazil /ĩs.piˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩs.piˈɾa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inspirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inspirar in Portuguese?
inspirar appears 7.1 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).