produzir
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.duˈzi(ʁ)/
produzir is spelled P-R-O-D-U-Z-I-R (8 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,091st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Produzir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to produce; to make (to cause to exist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criar; gerar; dar fruto”.
What does produzir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to produce; to make (to cause to exist)
A batida produziu um galo na minha testa.
- 2
to produce; to make; to manufacture (to create through labour)
Essa fábrica produz biscoitos de aveia.
- 3
to yield; to bear fruit
As macieiras não produziram esse ano.
- 4
to do; to perform an action
Elas haviam produzido uma ótima apresentação.
- 5
to produce (to organise and present an event)
- 6
to come true; to come to fruition
- 7
to realize
O fonema /r/ é produzido de forma diferente neste dialeto.
- 8
Brazilto primp; to spruce up (to improve one’s appearance by dressing up and putting on make-up)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. criar; gerar; dar fruto 2. fabricar e/ou fornecer 3. garantir condições materiais para a realização de filme, espetáculo ou obra de arte 4. trajar-se de vestuário, ou ainda mais maquiagem e/ou arrumação de cabelo ou mesmo perfume, de qualidade e sofisticação considerada elevada que se possa dispor
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 produzir
- produzo first-person present singular
- produzi first-person preterite singular
- produzido participle past
- produzires infinitive second-person singular
- produzirmos first-person infinitive plural
- produzirdes infinitive plural second-person
- produzirem infinitive plural third-person
- produzindo gerund
- produzidos masculine participle past
- produzida feminine participle past
- produzidas feminine participle past
- produzes indicative present second-person
- produz indicative present singular
- produzimos first-person indicative plural
- produzis indicative plural present
- produzem indicative plural present
- produzia first-person imperfect indicative
- produzias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce produzir?
- Brazil /pɾo.duˈzi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.duˈzi(h)]
- /pɾo.duˈzi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to produzir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is produzir in Portuguese?
produzir appears 45 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).