ires
Portuguese, verb/ˈi.ɾis/
ires is spelled I-R-E-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ires is a Portuguese verb meaning “second-person singular personal infinitive of ir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “infinitivo pessoal da segunda pessoa do singular do verbo ir”.
What does ires mean in English?
verb
- 1
second-person singular personal infinitive of ir
verb
- 1
second-person singular present subjunctive of irar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. infinitivo pessoal da segunda pessoa do singular do verbo ir
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo irar
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.
How do you pronounce ires?
- Brazil /ˈi.ɾis/
- /ˈi.ɾiʃ/
- Portugal /ˈi.ɾɨʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ires in Portuguese?
ires appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).