africanizar
Portuguese, verb/a.fɾi.ka.niˈza(ʁ)/
africanizar is spelled A-F-R-I-C-A-N-I-Z-A-R (11 letters). Africanizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to Africanize (to make African)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar(-se) africano; dar(-se) feição africana”.
What does africanizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to Africanize (to make African)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar(-se) africano; dar(-se) feição africana 2. tornar-se africanista 3. passar (governo, colônia etc.) para o controle das autoridades africanas
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 africanizar
- africanizo first-person present singular
- africanizei first-person preterite singular
- africanizado participle past
- africanizares infinitive second-person singular
- africanizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- africanizardes infinitive plural second-person
- africanizarem infinitive plural third-person
- africanizando gerund
- africanizados masculine participle past
- africanizada feminine participle past
- africanizadas feminine participle past
- africanizas indicative present second-person
- africaniza indicative present singular
- africanizamos first-person indicative plural
- africanizais indicative plural present
- africanizam indicative plural present
- africanizava first-person imperfect indicative
- africanizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce africanizar?
- Brazil /a.fɾi.ka.niˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.fɾi.ka.niˈza(h)]
- /a.fɾi.ka.niˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.