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socorrer

Portuguese, verb/so.koˈʁe(ʁ)/

socorrer is spelled S-O-C-O-R-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Socorrer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rescue (to save from danger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acudir”.

What does socorrer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to rescue (to save from danger)

    Socorri o filho de Ana, que estava se afogando.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. acudir 2. defender 3. auxiliar

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 socorrer

  • socorro first-person present singular
  • socorri first-person preterite singular
  • socorrido participle past
  • socorreres infinitive second-person singular
  • socorrermos first-person infinitive plural
  • socorrerdes infinitive plural second-person
  • socorrerem infinitive plural third-person
  • socorrendo gerund
  • socorridos masculine participle past
  • socorrida feminine participle past
  • socorridas feminine participle past
  • socorres indicative present second-person
  • socorre indicative present singular
  • socorremos first-person indicative plural
  • socorreis indicative plural present
  • socorrem indicative plural present
  • socorria first-person imperfect indicative
  • socorrias imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce socorrer?

  • Brazil /so.koˈʁe(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [so.koˈhe(h)]
  • /so.koˈʁe(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 socorrer

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

How common is socorrer in Portuguese?

socorrer appears 2.0 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).

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