mencionar
Portuguese, verb/mẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/
mencionar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mention (speak of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referir brevemente a algo, nomear”.
What does mencionar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mention (speak of something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. referir brevemente a algo, nomear 2. citar formalmente por um ato meritório
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 mencionar
- menciono first-person present singular
- mencionei first-person preterite singular
- mencionado participle past
- mencionares infinitive second-person singular
- mencionarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mencionardes infinitive plural second-person
- mencionarem infinitive plural third-person
- mencionando gerund
- mencionados masculine participle past
- mencionada feminine participle past
- mencionadas feminine participle past
- mencionas indicative present second-person
- menciona indicative present singular
- mencionamos first-person indicative plural
- mencionais indicative plural present
- mencionam indicative plural present
- mencionava first-person imperfect indicative
- mencionavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mencionar?
- Brazil /mẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mẽ.si.oˈna(h)]
- Brazil /mẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mencionar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mencionar in Portuguese?
mencionar appears 12 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).