bramir

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of bramar, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *brammjan or Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), both from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną. Compare Italian bramare (“to yearn for”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmi(ʁ)/ [bɾaˈmi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmi(ʁ)/ [bɾaˈmi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmi(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈmiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐˈmi.ɾi/

Hyphenation: bra‧mir

Verb

bramir (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite brami, past participle bramido)

to bellow (to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bramir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bramir
Personal	bramir	bramires	bramir	bramirmos	bramirdes	bramirem
Gerund
	bramindo
Past participle
Masculine	bramido			bramidos
Feminine	bramida			bramidas
Indicative
Present	bramo	brames	brame	bramimos	bramis	bramem
Imperfect	bramia	bramias	bramia	bramíamos	bramíeis	bramiam
Preterite	brami	bramiste	bramiu	bramimos	bramistes	bramiram
Pluperfect	bramira	bramiras	bramira	bramíramos	bramíreis	bramiram
Future	bramirei	bramirás	bramirá	bramiremos	bramireis	bramirão
Conditional	bramiria	bramirias	bramiria	bramiríamos	bramiríeis	bramiriam
Subjunctive
Present	brama	bramas	brama	bramamos	bramais	bramam
Imperfect	bramisse	bramisses	bramisse	bramíssemos	bramísseis	bramissem
Future	bramir	bramires	bramir	bramirmos	bramirdes	bramirem
Imperative
Affirmative		brame	brama	bramamos	brami	bramam
Negative (não)		não bramas	não brama	não bramamos	não bramais	não bramam

Further reading

“bramir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“bramir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026