transferir
Portuguese, verb/tɾɐ̃s.fiˈɾi(ʁ)/
transferir is spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-E-R-I-R (10 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transferir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to transport or move from one place to another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transportar”.
What does transferir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transport or move from one place to another
- 2
to transmit to someone else
- 3
to appoint to a position of the same category, but in a different location
- 4
to change (place, situation)
- 5
to move capital between different accounts or banks
- 6
to postpone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transportar 2. mudar 3. adiar
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 transferir
- transfiro first-person present singular
- transfere present singular third-person
- transferi first-person preterite singular
- transferido participle past
- i-e alternation
- transferires infinitive second-person singular
- transferirmos first-person infinitive plural
- transferirdes infinitive plural second-person
- transferirem infinitive plural third-person
- transferindo gerund
- transferidos masculine participle past
- transferida feminine participle past
- transferidas feminine participle past
- transferes indicative present second-person
- transferimos first-person indicative plural
- transferis indicative plural present
- transferem indicative plural present
- transferia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transferir?
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃s.fiˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɾɐ̃s.fiˈɾi(h)]
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃s.feˈɾi(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 transferir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transferir in Portuguese?
transferir appears 9.3 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).