prostituir
Portuguese, verb/pɾos.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ʁ)/
prostituir is spelled P-R-O-S-T-I-T-U-I-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prostituir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to prostitute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “praticar sexo por dinheiro, vender o próprio corpo”.
What does prostituir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prostitute
- 2
to prostitute oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. praticar sexo por dinheiro, vender o próprio corpo
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 prostituir
- prostituo first-person present singular
- prostituí first-person preterite singular
- prostituído participle past
- prostituíres infinitive second-person singular
- prostituirmos first-person infinitive plural
- prostituirdes infinitive plural second-person
- prostituírem infinitive plural third-person
- prostituindo gerund
- prostituídos masculine participle past
- prostituída feminine participle past
- prostituídas feminine participle past
- prostituis indicative present second-person
- prostitui indicative present singular
- prostituímos first-person indicative plural
- prostituís indicative plural present
- prostituem indicative plural present
- prostituía first-person imperfect indicative
- prostituías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prostituir?
- Brazil /pɾos.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾos.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(h)]
- Brazil /pɾos.t͡ʃiˈtwi(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 prostituir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prostituir in Portuguese?
prostituir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).