How to Say "Summarize" in Portuguese

resumir

/ʁe.zuˈmi(ʁ)/

The English phrase 'summarize' is translated into Portuguese as resumir.

resumir is used to give a recapitulation of salient facts. To recapitulate or review (verb).

Meaning: to give a recapitulation of salient facts, to recapitulate or review (verb)

How does it change in a sentence?

The first-person singular past tense of resumir is resumi, which means 'I summarized'.

/ʁe.zuˈmi(ʁ)/. The word has 3 syllables and the stress is on the 3rd syllable.

English speakers often mistakenly use the noun resumo (summary) when they intend to use the verb resumir (to summarize).

In Brazilian Portuguese, you might hear resumindo used as a filler word similar to the English 'long story short' to skip details in a conversation.
The root of resumir is connected to the Latin sumere, which is also the ancestor of the English word 'assume'.
While resumir means 'to summarize', it is a cognate of the English 'resume', though in Portuguese it lacks the meaning of 'to continue' or 'to start again' that the English verb has.

Vou resumir meu discurso.
I am going to summarize my speech.
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Sami queria resumir o artigo.
Sami wanted to summarize the article.
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Você terá que resumir para mim.
You’ll have to summarize it for me.
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O palestrante resumiu os principais pontos da apresentação.
The speaker summarized the main points of the presentation.
Você poderia fazer um resumo deste artigo?
Could you summarize this article?
O cientista sintetizou os resultados das pesquisas em uma única frase.
The scientist summarized the research findings in a single sentence.
Pode me dar um resumo do filme que você viu ontem?
Can you give me a summary of the movie you watched yesterday?
Vamos fazer uma síntese dos principais acontecimentos da novela.
Let's summarize the main events of the soap opera.
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Rodrigo is asking Juliana for a quick update on a book she read.

Rodrigo

Juliana, você pode resumir o livro para mim?
Juliana, can you summarize the book for me?
Juliana

Claro, eu posso resumir a história agora.
Sure, I can summarize the story now.
Rodrigo

Isso seria muito útil para o meu trabalho.
That would be very useful for my work.
Juliana

Não se preocupe, eu faço isso rapidinho.
Don't worry, I'll do it real quick.

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