surpreender
Portuguese, verb/suʁ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/
surpreender is spelled S-U-R-P-R-E-E-N-D-E-R (11 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surpreender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to surprise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apanhar de surpresa ou de imprevisto”.
What does surpreender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to surprise
- 2
to astonish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apanhar de surpresa ou de imprevisto 2. saltear 3. causar espanto ou surpresa 4. aparecer inesperadamente
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 surpreender
- surpreendo first-person present singular
- surpreendi first-person preterite singular
- surpreendido participle past
- surpreenderes infinitive second-person singular
- surpreendermos first-person infinitive plural
- surpreenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- surpreenderem infinitive plural third-person
- surpreendendo gerund
- surpreso masculine participle past
- surpresos masculine participle past
- surpresa feminine participle past
- surpresas feminine participle past
- surpreendidos long-form masculine participle
- surpreendida feminine long-form participle
- surpreendidas feminine long-form participle
- surpreendes indicative present second-person
- surpreende indicative present singular
- surpreendemos first-person indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surpreender?
- Brazil /suʁ.pɾe.ẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [suh.pɾe.ẽˈde(h)]
- Brazil /suʁ.pɾi.ẽˈde(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 surpreender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is surpreender in Portuguese?
surpreender appears 12 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).