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reconhecer

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.kõ.ɲeˈse(ʁ)/

reconhecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to recognize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “distinguir”.

What does reconhecer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to recognize

  2. 2

    to acknowledge

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. distinguir 2. admitir como válido, verdadeiro

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 reconhecer

  • reconheço first-person present singular
  • reconheci first-person preterite singular
  • reconhecido participle past
  • c-ç alternation
  • reconheceres infinitive second-person singular
  • reconhecermos first-person infinitive plural
  • reconhecerdes infinitive plural second-person
  • reconhecerem infinitive plural third-person
  • reconhecendo gerund
  • reconhecidos masculine participle past
  • reconhecida feminine participle past
  • reconhecidas feminine participle past
  • reconheces indicative present second-person
  • reconhece indicative present singular
  • reconhecemos first-person indicative plural
  • reconheceis indicative plural present
  • reconhecem indicative plural present
  • reconhecia first-person imperfect indicative

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

How do you pronounce reconhecer?

  • Brazil /ʁe.kõ.ɲeˈse(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.kõ.j̃eˈse(h)]
  • /ʁe.kõ.ɲeˈse(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 reconhecer

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

How common is reconhecer in Portuguese?

reconhecer appears 26 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).