lembrar

• alembrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese nembrar, from Latin memorare, present active infinitive of memoro.

• IPA^(key): /lem.ˈbɾaɾ/

lembrar (first-person singular present lembro, first-person singular preterite lembrei, past participle lembrado)

1. to remember

   Synonym: recordar

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nembrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nembr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “lembrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lembrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lembrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• alembrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese nembrar, from Latin memorāre. Doublet of memorar (a borrowing).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /lẽˈbɾa(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /lĩˈbɾa(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: lem‧brar

lembrar (first-person singular present lembro, first-person singular preterite lembrei, past participle lembrado)

1. (optionally takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to remember

   Eu lembro-me do que ele disse. ― I remember what he said.

   Lembra-se de mim? ― Do you remember me?

2. (optionally takes a reflexive pronoun, auxiliary with de and a verb in the personal infinitive) to remember to

   Lembre de comprar verduras. ― Remember to buy vegetables.

3. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to remind someone to

   Lembra-me de comprar frutas. ― Remind me to buy fruits.

4. (transitive) to resemble; to remind someone of (to look similar)

   Ela lembra sua mãe. ― She resembles her mother.

5. (reflexive) to remember (to recall from one’s memory)

   Synonym: recordar-se

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lembrar.

• (to remember): recordar

• Macanese: lembrâ, (common) lembrá

• “lembrar” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “lembrar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.