produzir

produzir (first-person singular present produzo, first-person singular preterite produzim or produzi, past participle produzido, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of producir

• “produzir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Latin prōdūcere (“to bring forth; to produce”).

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [pɾɔ.du.ˈzi(h)]

produzir (first-person singular present produzo, first-person singular preterite produzi, past participle produzido)

1. (transitive) to produce; to make (to cause to exist)

   Synonyms: fazer, criar, render, gerar

   A batida produziu um galo na minha testa.

   The blow made a bump on my forehead.

   1. (transitive, intransitive) to produce; to make; to manufacture (to create through labour)

      Synonyms: fazer, fabricar

      Essa fábrica produz biscoitos de aveia.

      This factory makes oatmeal cookies.

   2. (transitive, intransitive) to yield; to bear fruit

      Synonym: dar

      As macieiras não produziram esse ano.

      The apple trees didn’t bear fruit this year.

   3. (transitive) to do; to perform an action

      Elas haviam produzido uma ótima apresentação.

      They had presented very well.

      Synonyms: realizar, fazer

   4. (transitive) to produce (to organise and present an event)
   5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come true; to come to fruition

      Synonym: realizar-se

2. (Brazil, transitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to primp; to spruce up (to improve one’s appearance by dressing up and putting on make-up)
3. (law) to produce; to bring forth (to present evidence or witnesses)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:produzir.

• “produzir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “produzir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.