intervir
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.teʁˈvi(ʁ)/
intervir is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-I-R (8 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intervir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to intervene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atuar diretamente, tomando ações ou decisões”.
What does intervir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intervene
- 2
to interfere
- 3
to interpose
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atuar diretamente, tomando ações ou decisões 2. emitir, expor opinião 3. presenciar 4. ocorrer imprevistamente; sobrevir
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 intervir
- intervenho first-person present singular
- intervim first-person preterite singular
- intervindo participle past
- intervires infinitive second-person singular
- intervirmos first-person infinitive plural
- intervirdes infinitive plural second-person
- intervirem infinitive plural third-person
- intervindos masculine participle past
- intervinda feminine participle past
- intervindas feminine participle past
- intervéns indicative present second-person
- intervém indicative present singular
- intervimos first-person indicative plural
- intervindes indicative plural present
- intervêm indicative plural present
- intervinha first-person imperfect indicative
- intervinhas imperfect indicative second-person
- intervínhamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intervir?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁˈvi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.teɦˈvi(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 intervir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intervir in Portuguese?
intervir appears 6.2 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).