nascer
Portuguese, verb/naˈse(ʁ)/
nascer is spelled N-A-S-C-E-R (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nascer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be born” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emergir ou ser trazido à existência, geralmente referindo-se ao momento em que um organismo multicelular…”.
What does nascer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be born
- 2
to rise
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emergir ou ser trazido à existência, geralmente referindo-se ao momento em que um organismo multicelular inicia sua vida independente fora do corpo materno ou do ambiente de desenvolvimento inicial (como um ovo) 2. brotar, começar a crescer 3. surgir, aparecer 4. ter como destino
noun: 1. nascimento, surgimento
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 nascer
- nasço first-person present singular
- nasci first-person preterite singular
- nascido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- nasceres infinitive second-person singular
- nascermos first-person infinitive plural
- nascerdes infinitive plural second-person
- nascerem infinitive plural third-person
- nascendo gerund
- nascidos masculine participle past
- nascida feminine participle past
- nascidas feminine participle past
- nasces indicative present second-person
- nasce indicative present singular
- nascemos first-person indicative plural
- nasceis indicative plural present
- nascem indicative plural present
- nascia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nascer?
- Brazil /naˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [naˈse(h)]
- /naˈse(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 nascer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nascer in Portuguese?
nascer appears 21 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).