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ocluir

Portuguese, verb/ˈɔ.klujʁ/

ocluir is spelled O-C-L-U-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocluir is a Portuguese verb meaning “cause (something/someone) to occlude; to close” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ocasionar a oclusão de”.

What does ocluir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    cause (something/someone) to occlude; to close

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ocasionar a oclusão de 2. fixar um gás dentro de uma massa metálica 3. fechar, tapar

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 ocluir

  • ocluo first-person present singular
  • ocluí first-person preterite singular
  • ocluído participle past
  • ocluso Brazil participle past
  • ocluíres infinitive second-person singular
  • ocluirmos first-person infinitive plural
  • ocluirdes infinitive plural second-person
  • ocluírem infinitive plural third-person
  • ocluindo gerund
  • oclusos Brazil masculine participle
  • oclusa Brazil feminine participle
  • oclusas Brazil feminine participle
  • ocluídos long-form masculine participle
  • ocluída feminine long-form participle
  • ocluídas feminine long-form participle
  • ocluis indicative present second-person
  • oclui indicative present singular
  • ocluímos first-person indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce ocluir?

  • Brazil /ˈɔ.klujʁ/
  • Brazil [ˈɔ.kluɪ̯h]
  • /ˈɔ.klujɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ocluir in Portuguese?

ocluir appears about once in every 52 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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