procriar
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.kɾiˈa(ʁ)/
procriar is spelled P-R-O-C-R-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procriar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to procreate; to breed (to generate offspring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gerar”.
What does procriar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to procreate; to breed (to generate offspring)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gerar 2. dar nascimento 3. conceber
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 procriar
- procrio first-person present singular
- procriei first-person preterite singular
- procriado participle past
- procriares infinitive second-person singular
- procriarmos first-person infinitive plural
- procriardes infinitive plural second-person
- procriarem infinitive plural third-person
- procriando gerund
- procriados masculine participle past
- procriada feminine participle past
- procriadas feminine participle past
- procrias indicative present second-person
- procria indicative present singular
- procriamos first-person indicative plural
- procriais indicative plural present
- procriam indicative plural present
- procriava first-person imperfect indicative
- procriavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procriar?
- Brazil /pɾo.kɾiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.kɾiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /pɾoˈkɾja(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 procriar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procriar in Portuguese?
procriar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).