persignar
Portuguese, verb/peʁ.si.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/
persignar is spelled P-E-R-S-I-G-N-A-R (9 letters). Persignar is a Portuguese verb meaning “only used in persignar-se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “benzer-se fazendo três sinais de cruz com o polegar: um sobre a testa, outro sobre a boca e outro sobre o…”.
What does persignar mean in English?
verb
- 1
only used in persignar-se
- 2
to cross (to make the sign of the cross over oneself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. benzer-se fazendo três sinais de cruz com o polegar: um sobre a testa, outro sobre a boca e outro sobre o peito
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 persignar
- persigno first-person present singular
- persignei first-person preterite singular
- persignado participle past
- persignares infinitive second-person singular
- persignarmos first-person infinitive plural
- persignardes infinitive plural second-person
- persignarem infinitive plural third-person
- persignando gerund
- persignados masculine participle past
- persignada feminine participle past
- persignadas feminine participle past
- persignas indicative present second-person
- persigna indicative present singular
- persignamos first-person indicative plural
- persignais indicative plural present
- persignam indicative plural present
- persignava first-person imperfect indicative
- persignavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce persignar?
- Brazil /peʁ.si.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peh.si.ɡiˈna(h)]
- Brazil /peʁ.siɡˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.