prosperar
Portuguese, verb/pɾos.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
prosperar is spelled P-R-O-S-P-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prosperar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prosper; to thrive (be successful)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter fortuna favorável”.
What does prosperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prosper; to thrive (be successful)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter fortuna favorável 2. tornar-se próspero; enriquecer 3. melhorar; aumentar; desenvolver-se 4. mostrar-se propício
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 prosperar
- prospero first-person present singular
- prosperei first-person preterite singular
- prosperado participle past
- prosperares infinitive second-person singular
- prosperarmos first-person infinitive plural
- prosperardes infinitive plural second-person
- prosperarem infinitive plural third-person
- prosperando gerund
- prosperados masculine participle past
- prosperada feminine participle past
- prosperadas feminine participle past
- prosperas indicative present second-person
- prospera indicative present singular
- prosperamos first-person indicative plural
- prosperais indicative plural present
- prosperam indicative plural present
- prosperava first-person imperfect indicative
- prosperavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prosperar?
- Brazil /pɾos.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾos.peˈɾa(h)]
- /pɾos.peˈɾa(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 prosperar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prosperar in Portuguese?
prosperar appears 2.2 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).