testemunhar
Portuguese, verb/tes.te.mũˈɲa(ʁ)/
testemunhar is spelled T-E-S-T-E-M-U-N-H-A-R (11 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,226th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Testemunhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to testify, attest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atestar”.
What does testemunhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to testify, attest
- 2
to witness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atestar 2. confirmar 3. revelar 4. presenciar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo testemunhar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo testemunhar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo testemunhar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo testemunhar
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 testemunhar
- testemunho first-person present singular
- testemunhei first-person preterite singular
- testemunhado participle past
- testemunhares infinitive second-person singular
- testemunharmos first-person infinitive plural
- testemunhardes infinitive plural second-person
- testemunharem infinitive plural third-person
- testemunhando gerund
- testemunhados masculine participle past
- testemunhada feminine participle past
- testemunhadas feminine participle past
- testemunhas indicative present second-person
- testemunha indicative present singular
- testemunhamos first-person indicative plural
- testemunhais indicative plural present
- testemunham indicative plural present
- testemunhava first-person imperfect indicative
- testemunhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce testemunhar?
- Brazil /tes.te.mũˈɲa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tes.te.mũˈj̃a(h)]
- /tes.te.mũˈɲa(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 testemunhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is testemunhar in Portuguese?
testemunhar appears 5.6 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).