adolescer
Portuguese, verb/a.do.leˈse(ʁ)/
adolescer is spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adolescer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to adolesce (commence or progress through adolescence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entrar na fase da adolescência”.
What does adolescer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adolesce (commence or progress through adolescence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entrar na fase da adolescência 2. desenvolver-se, entrar em crescimento 3. ficar mais jovem
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo adolescer 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo adolescer 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo adolescer 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo adolescer
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 adolescer
- adolesço first-person present singular
- adolesci first-person preterite singular
- adolescido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- adolesceres infinitive second-person singular
- adolescermos first-person infinitive plural
- adolescerdes infinitive plural second-person
- adolescerem infinitive plural third-person
- adolescendo gerund
- adolescidos masculine participle past
- adolescida feminine participle past
- adolescidas feminine participle past
- adolesces indicative present second-person
- adolesce indicative present singular
- adolescemos first-person indicative plural
- adolesceis indicative plural present
- adolescem indicative plural present
- adolescia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adolescer?
- Brazil /a.do.leˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.do.leˈse(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adolescer in Portuguese?
adolescer appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).