vigorar
Portuguese, verb/vi.ɡoˈɾa(ʁ)/
vigorar is spelled V-I-G-O-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigorar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to give vigor to; strengthen; invigorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar vigor; fortalecer”.
What does vigorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give vigor to; strengthen; invigorate
- 2
to make more energetic (a medicine)
- 3
to acquire vigor
- 4
to be in force; be in practice; use
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar vigor; fortalecer 2. adquirir força, robustez 3. estar em vigor, ter vigência (lei, regulamento etc.); viger
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 vigorar
- vigoro first-person present singular
- vigorei first-person preterite singular
- vigorado participle past
- vigorares infinitive second-person singular
- vigorarmos first-person infinitive plural
- vigorardes infinitive plural second-person
- vigorarem infinitive plural third-person
- vigorando gerund
- vigorados masculine participle past
- vigorada feminine participle past
- vigoradas feminine participle past
- vigoras indicative present second-person
- vigora indicative present singular
- vigoramos first-person indicative plural
- vigorais indicative plural present
- vigoram indicative plural present
- vigorava first-person imperfect indicative
- vigoravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigorar?
- Brazil /vi.ɡoˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vi.ɡoˈɾa(h)]
- /vi.ɡoˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vigorar in Portuguese?
vigorar appears 1.1 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).