surtir
Portuguese, verb/suʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
surtir is spelled S-U-R-T-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surtir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cause, to produce (an effect, an impact, a consequence, etc.); to have as a result” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “causar efeito ou consequência”.
What does surtir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause, to produce (an effect, an impact, a consequence, etc.); to have as a result
surtir efeito
- 2
to turn out (well or badly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. causar efeito ou consequência 2. dar origem a 3. emergir, sair, surdir
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 surtir
- surto first-person present singular
- surti first-person preterite singular
- surtido participle past
- surtires infinitive second-person singular
- surtirmos first-person infinitive plural
- surtirdes infinitive plural second-person
- surtirem infinitive plural third-person
- surtindo gerund
- surtidos masculine participle past
- surtida feminine participle past
- surtidas feminine participle past
- surtes indicative present second-person
- surte indicative present singular
- surtimos first-person indicative plural
- surtis indicative plural present
- surtem indicative plural present
- surtia first-person imperfect indicative
- surtias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surtir?
- Brazil /suʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [suhˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- /suɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surtir in Portuguese?
surtir appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).