presenciar
Portuguese, verb/pɾe.zẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
presenciar is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-C-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presenciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to witness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estar presente a”.
What does presenciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to witness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estar presente a 2. assistir a 3. ver
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 presenciar
- presencio first-person present singular
- presenciei first-person preterite singular
- presenciado participle past
- presenciares infinitive second-person singular
- presenciarmos first-person infinitive plural
- presenciardes infinitive plural second-person
- presenciarem infinitive plural third-person
- presenciando gerund
- presenciados masculine participle past
- presenciada feminine participle past
- presenciadas feminine participle past
- presencias indicative present second-person
- presencia indicative present singular
- presenciamos first-person indicative plural
- presenciais indicative plural present
- presenciam indicative plural present
- presenciava first-person imperfect indicative
- presenciavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presenciar?
- Brazil /pɾe.zẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾe.zẽ.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /pɾe.zẽˈsja(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 presenciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is presenciar in Portuguese?
presenciar 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).