procurar
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.kuˈɾa(ʁ)/
procurar is spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to search; to seek; to look for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer diligências para encontrar”.
What does procurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to search; to seek; to look for
- 2
to reach out (attempt to initiate communication)
- 3
to try; to attempt
Procuro sempre evitar comida apimentada.
- 4
to work as a procurator (attorney or agent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer diligências para encontrar 2. fazer pesquisa para descobrir ou aprender sobre 3. esforçar-se para executar algo 4. ser atraído por
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 procurar
- procuro first-person present singular
- procurei first-person preterite singular
- procurado participle past
- procurares infinitive second-person singular
- procurarmos first-person infinitive plural
- procurardes infinitive plural second-person
- procurarem infinitive plural third-person
- procurando gerund
- procurados masculine participle past
- procurada feminine participle past
- procuradas feminine participle past
- procuras indicative present second-person
- procura indicative present singular
- procuramos first-person indicative plural
- procurais indicative plural present
- procuram indicative plural present
- procurava first-person imperfect indicative
- procuravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procurar?
- Brazil /pɾo.kuˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.kuˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /pɾu.kuˈɾa(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 procurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procurar in Portuguese?
procurar appears 68 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).