adultizar
Portuguese, verb/a.duw.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
adultizar is spelled A-D-U-L-T-I-Z-A-R (9 letters). Adultizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to adultize (to raise a child such that he adopts adult behaviours earlier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar(-se) ou tomar qualidade adulta”.
What does adultizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adultize (to raise a child such that he adopts adult behaviours earlier)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar(-se) ou tomar qualidade adulta
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 adultizar
- adultizo first-person present singular
- adultizei first-person preterite singular
- adultizado participle past
- adultizares infinitive second-person singular
- adultizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- adultizardes infinitive plural second-person
- adultizarem infinitive plural third-person
- adultizando gerund
- adultizados masculine participle past
- adultizada feminine participle past
- adultizadas feminine participle past
- adultizas indicative present second-person
- adultiza indicative present singular
- adultizamos first-person indicative plural
- adultizais indicative plural present
- adultizam indicative plural present
- adultizava first-person imperfect indicative
- adultizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adultizar?
- Brazil /a.duw.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.duʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.