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progredir

Portuguese, verb/pɾo.ɡɾeˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/

progredir is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-D-I-R (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progredir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to proceed (to go forwards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caminhar para diante”.

What does progredir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to proceed (to go forwards)

  2. 2

    to progress; to improve

  3. 3

    to become worse, more serious

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. caminhar para diante 2. desenvolver 3. modernizar-se 4. avançar

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 progredir

  • progrido first-person present singular
  • progride present singular third-person
  • progredi first-person preterite singular
  • progredido participle past
  • progredires infinitive second-person singular
  • progredirmos first-person infinitive plural
  • progredirdes infinitive plural second-person
  • progredirem infinitive plural third-person
  • progredindo gerund
  • progredidos masculine participle past
  • progredida feminine participle past
  • progredidas feminine participle past
  • progrides indicative present second-person
  • progredimos first-person indicative plural
  • progredis indicative plural present
  • progridem indicative plural present
  • progredia first-person imperfect indicative
  • progredias imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce progredir?

  • Brazil /pɾo.ɡɾeˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [pɾo.ɡɾeˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • /pɾo.ɡɾeˈd͡ʒi(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 progredir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is progredir in Portuguese?

progredir appears 2.5 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).

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