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
to recognize
- 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).