zumbir
Portuguese, verb/zũˈbi(ʁ)/
zumbir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to buzz (to make a low, humming or sibilant sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emitir um sussurro”.
What does zumbir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to buzz (to make a low, humming or sibilant sound)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. emitir um sussurro 2. fazer ruído ou zumbido (insetos)
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 zumbir
- zumbo first-person present singular
- zumbi first-person preterite singular
- zumbido participle past
- zumbires infinitive second-person singular
- zumbirmos first-person infinitive plural
- zumbirdes infinitive plural second-person
- zumbirem infinitive plural third-person
- zumbindo gerund
- zumbidos masculine participle past
- zumbida feminine participle past
- zumbidas feminine participle past
- zumbes indicative present second-person
- zumbe indicative present singular
- zumbimos first-person indicative plural
- zumbis indicative plural present
- zumbem indicative plural present
- zumbia first-person imperfect indicative
- zumbias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zumbir?
- Brazil /zũˈbi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [zũˈbi(h)]
- /zũˈbi(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 zumbir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zumbir in Portuguese?
zumbir appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).