sumir
Portuguese, verb/suˈmi(ʁ)/
sumir is spelled S-U-M-I-R (5 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sumir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to vanish, to disappear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desaparecer, deixar de existir”.
What does sumir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vanish, to disappear
O rapaz sumiu!
- 2
to submerge, to sink
- 3
to be wasted or consumed
O dinheiro some.
- 4
to hide
Vou sumir com seus cigarros!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desaparecer, deixar de existir
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 sumir
- sumo first-person present singular
- some present singular third-person
- sumi first-person preterite singular
- sumido participle past
- u-o alternation
- sumires infinitive second-person singular
- sumirmos first-person infinitive plural
- sumirdes infinitive plural second-person
- sumirem infinitive plural third-person
- sumindo gerund
- sumidos masculine participle past
- sumida feminine participle past
- sumidas feminine participle past
- somes indicative present second-person
- sumimos first-person indicative plural
- sumis indicative plural present
- somem indicative plural present
- sumia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sumir?
- Brazil /suˈmi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [suˈmi(h)]
- /suˈmi(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 sumir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sumir in Portuguese?
sumir appears 5.4 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).