ressignificar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
ressignificar is spelled R-E-S-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressignificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to resignify; to attribute a new meaning or signification to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar novo significado a”.
What does ressignificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to resignify; to attribute a new meaning or signification to
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar novo significado a
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 ressignificar
- ressignifico first-person present singular
- ressignifiquei first-person preterite singular
- ressignificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- ressignificares infinitive second-person singular
- ressignificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ressignificardes infinitive plural second-person
- ressignificarem infinitive plural third-person
- ressignificando gerund
- ressignificados masculine participle past
- ressignificada feminine participle past
- ressignificadas feminine participle past
- ressignificas indicative present second-person
- ressignifica indicative present singular
- ressignificamos first-person indicative plural
- ressignificais indicative plural present
- ressignificam indicative plural present
- ressignificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressignificar?
- Brazil /ʁe.si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)]
- Brazil /ʁe.siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ressignificar in Portuguese?
ressignificar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).