negociar
Portuguese, verb/ne.ɡo.siˈa(ʁ)/
negociar is spelled N-E-G-O-C-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negociar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to negotiate (buy, sell or exchange)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lidar com negócios; transacionar comercialmente; comerciar”.
What does negociar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to negotiate (buy, sell or exchange)
- 2
to adjust, arrange
- 3
to expedite, facilitate (to favor the progress or completion of (subject, project) in order to obtain an agreement)
- 4
to prepare, promote
- 5
to strive (to try to achieve)
- 6
to agree, reach
- 7
to trade, traffic (to do business)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. lidar com negócios; transacionar comercialmente; comerciar 2. fazer negócio a respeito de 3. permutar ou vender por contrato 4. conduzir negociação com; pactuar
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 negociar
- negocio Brazil first-person present
- negoceio Portugal first-person present
- negocia Brazil present singular
- negoceia Portugal present singular
- negociei first-person preterite singular
- negociado participle past
- negociares infinitive second-person singular
- negociarmos first-person infinitive plural
- negociardes infinitive plural second-person
- negociarem infinitive plural third-person
- negociando gerund
- negociados masculine participle past
- negociada feminine participle past
- negociadas feminine participle past
- negocias Brazil indicative present
- negoceias Portugal indicative present
- negociamos first-person indicative plural
- negociais indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce negociar?
- Brazil /ne.ɡo.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ne.ɡo.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ne.ɡoˈsja(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 negociar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is negociar in Portuguese?
negociar appears 15 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).