parir
Portuguese, verb/paˈɾi(ʁ)/
parir is spelled P-A-R-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a ação do parto; realizar o nascimento de uma nova vida gerada em um útero (nos animais vivíparos)”.
What does parir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give birth
A cadela pariu três cachorros.
- 2
to produce
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. a ação do parto; realizar o nascimento de uma nova vida gerada em um útero (nos animais vivíparos) 2. expelir (algo) de dentro de si 3. fazer surgir (algo da ideia, da imaginação)
verb: 1. infinitivo impessoal do verbo parir 2. primeira e terceira pessoas do futuro do modo conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo parir 3. primeira e terceira pessoas do infinitivo pessoal do verbo parir
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 parir
- pairo archaic first-person present
- pari first-person preterite singular
- parido participle past
- parires infinitive second-person singular
- parirmos first-person infinitive plural
- parirdes infinitive plural second-person
- parirem infinitive plural third-person
- parindo gerund
- paridos masculine participle past
- parida feminine participle past
- paridas feminine participle past
- pares indicative present second-person
- pare indicative present singular
- parimos first-person indicative plural
- paris indicative plural present
- parem indicative plural present
- paria first-person imperfect indicative
- parias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parir?
- Brazil /paˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [paˈɾi(h)]
- /paˈɾi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parir in Portuguese?
parir 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).