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reverenciar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.ve.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/

reverenciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to revere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer reverência a”.

What does reverenciar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to revere

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. fazer reverência a 2. venerar 3. adorar

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 reverenciar

  • reverencio first-person present singular
  • reverenciei first-person preterite singular
  • reverenciado participle past
  • reverenciares infinitive second-person singular
  • reverenciarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • reverenciardes infinitive plural second-person
  • reverenciarem infinitive plural third-person
  • reverenciando gerund
  • reverenciados masculine participle past
  • reverenciada feminine participle past
  • reverenciadas feminine participle past
  • reverencias indicative present second-person
  • reverencia indicative present singular
  • reverenciamos first-person indicative plural
  • reverenciais indicative plural present
  • reverenciam indicative plural present
  • reverenciava first-person imperfect indicative
  • reverenciavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce reverenciar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.ve.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.ve.ɾẽ.siˈa(h)]
  • Brazil /ʁe.ve.ɾẽˈsja(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to reverenciar

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

How common is reverenciar in Portuguese?

reverenciar 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).