persuadir
Portuguese, verb/peʁ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
persuadir is spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-D-I-R (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Persuadir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to persuade (convince through reasoning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “convencer”.
What does persuadir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to persuade (convince through reasoning)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. convencer 2. aconselhar 3. induzir 4. fazer aceitar
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 persuadir
- persuado first-person present singular
- persuadi first-person preterite singular
- persuadido participle past
- persuadires infinitive second-person singular
- persuadirmos first-person infinitive plural
- persuadirdes infinitive plural second-person
- persuadirem infinitive plural third-person
- persuadindo gerund
- persuadidos masculine participle past
- persuadida feminine participle past
- persuadidas feminine participle past
- persuades indicative present second-person
- persuade indicative present singular
- persuadimos first-person indicative plural
- persuadis indicative plural present
- persuadem indicative plural present
- persuadia first-person imperfect indicative
- persuadias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce persuadir?
- Brazil /peʁ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peh.su.aˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- Brazil /peʁ.swaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to persuadir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is persuadir in Portuguese?
persuadir appears 2.3 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).