puir
Portuguese, verb/puˈi(ʁ)/
puir is spelled P-U-I-R (4 letters). Puir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “polir”.
What does puir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. polir 2. desgastar 3. alisar
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 puir
- pui present singular third-person
- puí first-person preterite singular
- puído participle past
- puíres infinitive second-person singular
- puirmos first-person infinitive plural
- puirdes infinitive plural second-person
- puírem infinitive plural third-person
- puindo gerund
- puídos masculine participle past
- puída feminine participle past
- puídas feminine participle past
- puis indicative present second-person
- puímos first-person indicative plural
- puís indicative plural present
- puem indicative plural present
- puía first-person imperfect indicative
- puías imperfect indicative second-person
- puíamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puir?
- Brazil /puˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [puˈi(h)]
- Brazil /ˈpwi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.