reprimir
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/
reprimir is spelled R-E-P-R-I-M-I-R (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reprimir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to repress (to forcefully prevent an upheaval from growing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “proibir”.
What does reprimir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repress (to forcefully prevent an upheaval from growing)
- 2
to restrain (to control or keep in check)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. proibir 2. castigar 3. suster a ação, o efeito ou o movimento de
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 reprimir
- reprimo first-person present singular
- reprimi first-person preterite singular
- reprimido participle past
- reprimires infinitive second-person singular
- reprimirmos first-person infinitive plural
- reprimirdes infinitive plural second-person
- reprimirem infinitive plural third-person
- reprimindo gerund
- reprimidos masculine participle past
- reprimida feminine participle past
- reprimidas feminine participle past
- reprimes indicative present second-person
- reprime indicative present singular
- reprimimos first-person indicative plural
- reprimis indicative plural present
- reprimem indicative plural present
- reprimia first-person imperfect indicative
- reprimias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reprimir?
- Brazil /ʁe.pɾiˈmi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.pɾiˈmi(h)]
- /ʁe.pɾiˈmi(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 reprimir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reprimir in Portuguese?
reprimir appears 2.2 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).