ir
Portuguese, verb/ˈi(ʁ)/
ir is spelled I-R (2 letters) and appears 562 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 163rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to go (to move to a destination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mover-se de um lugar para outro”.
What does ir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go (to move to a destination)
Vamos a pé?
- 2
will; to be going to; forms the future tense
Vou comprar um sapato.
- 3
to keep on; to go on; ~ on; forms the continuative aspect
A água vai escorrendo até acabar.
- 4
to go; to leave; to depart
Os homens já se foram todos.
- 5
to attend; to go to (to be present in an event)
Sinto muito, não poderei ir à sua festa.
- 6
to go on until; to last to
A batalha foi até as duas da manhã.
- 7
to do; to fare (to have a good or bad result)
Fui muito mal em quase todas as provas.
- 8
to be doing; formula used in greetings
“Como vai?” “Vou bem, obrigado.”
prefix
- 1
Allomorph of in-, used before ⟨r⟩.
suffix
- 1
forms the infinitive of the third-conjugation verbs
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mover-se de um lugar para outro 2. forma o futuro (breve) de um verbo no infinitivo 3. passar do estado vivo para a condição de morto 4. deixar-se levar, ser influenciado (regência verbal com preposição: por ou em)
suffix: 1. terminação do infinitivo dos verbos da terceira conjugação
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 ir
- vou first-person present singular
- fui first-person preterite singular
- ido participle past
- ires infinitive second-person singular
- irmos first-person infinitive plural
- irdes infinitive plural second-person
- irem infinitive plural third-person
- indo gerund
- idos masculine participle past
- ida feminine participle past
- idas feminine participle past
- vais indicative present second-person
- vai indicative present singular
- vamos first-person indicative plural
- ides indicative plural present
- vão indicative plural present
- ia first-person imperfect indicative
- ias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ir?
- Brazil /ˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˈi(h)]
- /ˈi(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 ir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ir in Portuguese?
ir appears 562 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).