recair
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.kaˈi(ʁ)/
recair is spelled R-E-C-A-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recair is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fall again or often” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cair novamente; cair muitas vezes”.
What does recair mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fall again or often
- 2
to relapse, reoffend
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cair novamente; cair muitas vezes 2. voltar a um estado anterior que se havia deixado 3. tornar a adoecer da mesma moléstia 4. incorrer outra vez em; reincidir
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 recair
- recaio first-person present singular
- recaí first-person preterite singular
- recaído participle past
- recaíres infinitive second-person singular
- recairmos first-person infinitive plural
- recairdes infinitive plural second-person
- recaírem infinitive plural third-person
- recaindo gerund
- recaídos masculine participle past
- recaída feminine participle past
- recaídas feminine participle past
- recais indicative present second-person
- recai indicative present singular
- recaímos first-person indicative plural
- recaís indicative plural present
- recaem indicative plural present
- recaía first-person imperfect indicative
- recaías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recair?
- Brazil /ʁe.kaˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.kaˈi(h)]
- /ʁe.kaˈi(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 recair
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recair in Portuguese?
recair appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).