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nomear

Portuguese, verb/no.meˈa(ʁ)/

nomear is spelled N-O-M-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nomear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to name (give a name to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar um nome”.

What does nomear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to name (give a name to)

  2. 2

    to nominate (name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position)

  3. 3

    to entitle (give a title to)

  4. 4

    to elect (choose a candidate in an election)

  5. 5

    to name (publicly implicate)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. dar um nome 2. designar pelo nome 3. eleger, indicar alguém para um cargo

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 nomear

  • nomeio first-person present singular
  • nomeei first-person preterite singular
  • nomeado participle past
  • nomeares infinitive second-person singular
  • nomearmos first-person infinitive plural
  • nomeardes infinitive plural second-person
  • nomearem infinitive plural third-person
  • nomeando gerund
  • nomeados masculine participle past
  • nomeada feminine participle past
  • nomeadas feminine participle past
  • nomeias indicative present second-person
  • nomeia indicative present singular
  • nomeamos first-person indicative plural
  • nomeais indicative plural present
  • nomeiam indicative plural present
  • nomeava first-person imperfect indicative
  • nomeavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce nomear?

  • Brazil /no.meˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [no.meˈa(h)]
  • Brazil /no.miˈa(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 nomear

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

How common is nomear in Portuguese?

nomear appears 6.6 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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