trinar
Portuguese, verb/tɾiˈna(ʁ)/
trinar is spelled T-R-I-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trinar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to chirp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantar uma ave emitindo trinos”.
What does trinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chirp
- 2
to slightly damage the strings of a musical instrument
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cantar uma ave emitindo trinos 2. emitir um som similar ao trinado 3. falar melodiosamente 4. executar duas notas consecutivas rápida e repetidamente
verb: 1. celebrar, dizer três missas um padre no mesmo dia
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 trinar
- trino first-person present singular
- trinei first-person preterite singular
- trinado participle past
- trinares infinitive second-person singular
- trinarmos first-person infinitive plural
- trinardes infinitive plural second-person
- trinarem infinitive plural third-person
- trinando gerund
- trinados masculine participle past
- trinada feminine participle past
- trinadas feminine participle past
- trinas indicative present second-person
- trina indicative present singular
- trinamos first-person indicative plural
- trinais indicative plural present
- trinam indicative plural present
- trinava first-person imperfect indicative
- trinavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trinar?
- Brazil /tɾiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɾiˈna(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trinar in Portuguese?
trinar appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).