ninar
Portuguese, verb/niˈna(ʁ)/
ninar is spelled N-I-N-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ninar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put to sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acalentar”.
What does ninar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put to sleep
- 2
to sleep
Near-synonym: nanar
- 3
to not care
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. acalentar 2. dormir
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo ninar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo ninar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo ninar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo ninar
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 ninar
- nino first-person present singular
- ninei first-person preterite singular
- ninado participle past
- ninares infinitive second-person singular
- ninarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ninardes infinitive plural second-person
- ninarem infinitive plural third-person
- ninando gerund
- ninados masculine participle past
- ninada feminine participle past
- ninadas feminine participle past
- ninas indicative present second-person
- nina indicative present singular
- ninamos first-person indicative plural
- ninais indicative plural present
- ninam indicative plural present
- ninava first-person imperfect indicative
- ninavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ninar?
- Brazil /niˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [niˈna(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ninar in Portuguese?
ninar 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).