tecer
Portuguese, verb/teˈse(ʁ)/
tecer is spelled T-E-C-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to weave; to spin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entrelaçar fios de uma forma regular”.
What does tecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weave; to spin
- 2
to devise
- 3
to scheme, to plot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entrelaçar fios de uma forma regular 2. fazer teia ou tela de 3. tramar 4. urdir
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 tecer
- teço first-person present singular
- teci first-person preterite singular
- tecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- teceres infinitive second-person singular
- tecermos first-person infinitive plural
- tecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- tecerem infinitive plural third-person
- tecendo gerund
- tecidos masculine participle past
- tecida feminine participle past
- tecidas feminine participle past
- teces indicative present second-person
- tece indicative present singular
- tecemos first-person indicative plural
- teceis indicative plural present
- tecem indicative plural present
- tecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tecer?
- Brazil /teˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [teˈse(h)]
- /teˈse(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 tecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tecer in Portuguese?
tecer appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).