olvidar
Portuguese, verb/ow.viˈda(ʁ)/
olvidar is spelled O-L-V-I-D-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olvidar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to forget” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perder a memória; esquecer”.
What does olvidar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forget
A nobreza de seus esforços não merece ser olvidada.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perder a memória; esquecer 2. esquecer-se; não se lembrar
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 olvidar
- olvido first-person present singular
- olvidei first-person preterite singular
- olvidado participle past
- olvidares infinitive second-person singular
- olvidarmos first-person infinitive plural
- olvidardes infinitive plural second-person
- olvidarem infinitive plural third-person
- olvidando gerund
- olvidados masculine participle past
- olvidada feminine participle past
- olvidadas feminine participle past
- olvidas indicative present second-person
- olvida indicative present singular
- olvidamos first-person indicative plural
- olvidais indicative plural present
- olvidam indicative plural present
- olvidava first-person imperfect indicative
- olvidavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce olvidar?
- Brazil /ow.viˈda(ʁ)/
- Brazil [oʊ̯.viˈda(h)]
- /ow.viˈda(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is olvidar in Portuguese?
olvidar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).