revestir
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
revestir is spelled R-E-V-E-S-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Revestir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to coat, clothe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cobrir”.
What does revestir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coat, clothe
- 2
to overlay
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cobrir 2. vestir de novo 3. tapar 4. adornar a fala ou a escrita com elementos retóricos ou complementares
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 revestir
- revisto first-person present singular
- reveste present singular third-person
- revesti first-person preterite singular
- revestido participle past
- i-e alternation
- revestires infinitive second-person singular
- revestirmos first-person infinitive plural
- revestirdes infinitive plural second-person
- revestirem infinitive plural third-person
- revestindo gerund
- revestidos masculine participle past
- revestida feminine participle past
- revestidas feminine participle past
- revestes indicative present second-person
- revestimos first-person indicative plural
- revestis indicative plural present
- revestem indicative plural present
- revestia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revestir?
- Brazil /ʁe.vesˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.vesˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- /ʁe.vesˈt͡ʃi(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 revestir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is revestir in Portuguese?
revestir appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).