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lembrar

Portuguese, verb/lẽˈbɾa(ʁ)/

lembrar is spelled L-E-M-B-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,045th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lembrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to remember” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trazer da memória um fato passado”.

What does lembrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to remember

    Eu lembro-me do que ele disse.

  2. 2

    to remind

    Lembra-me de comprar frutas.

  3. 3

    to resemble; to remind one of (to look similar)

    Ela lembra sua mãe.

  4. 4

    to remember (to recall from one’s memory)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. trazer da memória um fato passado 2. parecer, sugerir 3. guardar na própria memória 4. ter presente

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 lembrar

  • lembro first-person present singular
  • lembrei first-person preterite singular
  • lembrado participle past
  • lembrares infinitive second-person singular
  • lembrarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • lembrardes infinitive plural second-person
  • lembrarem infinitive plural third-person
  • lembrando gerund
  • lembrados masculine participle past
  • lembrada feminine participle past
  • lembradas feminine participle past
  • lembras indicative present second-person
  • lembra indicative present singular
  • lembramos first-person indicative plural
  • lembrais indicative plural present
  • lembram indicative plural present
  • lembrava first-person imperfect indicative
  • lembravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce lembrar?

  • Brazil /lẽˈbɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [lẽˈbɾa(h)]
  • /lẽˈbɾa(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 lembrar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is lembrar in Portuguese?

lembrar appears 93 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).

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