perder
Portuguese, verb/peʁˈde(ʁ)/
perder is spelled P-E-R-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 699th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perder is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lose (an object, a job, interest etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deixar de possuir um objeto ou bem material”.
What does perder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lose (an object, a job, interest etc.)
Perdi minha entrada.
- 2
to lose (to be defeated in a match, an election etc.)
Nosso time perdeu.
- 3
to miss (an opportunity, a train or bus etc.)
Perdi meu trem.
- 4
to waste (time)
Perdemos muito tempo.
- 5
to laugh a lot or to find something funny
Perdi quando ela começou a cantar!
- 6
to get lost (to become lost)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deixar de possuir um objeto ou bem material 2. não encontrar um objeto pessoal 3. deixar de possuir uma qualidade espiritual ou moral 4. sofrer uma diminuição
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 perder
- perco first-person present singular
- perdi first-person preterite singular
- perdido participle past
- perderes infinitive second-person singular
- perdermos first-person infinitive plural
- perderdes infinitive plural second-person
- perderem infinitive plural third-person
- perdendo gerund
- perdidos masculine participle past
- perdida feminine participle past
- perdidas feminine participle past
- perdes indicative present second-person
- perde indicative present singular
- perdemos first-person indicative plural
- perdeis indicative plural present
- perdem indicative plural present
- perdia first-person imperfect indicative
- perdias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perder?
- Brazil /peʁˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peɦˈde(h)]
- /peɾˈde(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 perder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perder in Portuguese?
perder appears 141 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).