alfabetizar
Portuguese, verb/aw.fa.be.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
alfabetizar is spelled A-L-F-A-B-E-T-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfabetizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make literate; to teach to read and write” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ensinar a ler e escrever”.
What does alfabetizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make literate; to teach to read and write
- 2
to give literacy (the ability to understand and evaluate something) to
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ensinar a ler e escrever
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 alfabetizar
- alfabetizo first-person present singular
- alfabetizei first-person preterite singular
- alfabetizado participle past
- alfabetizares infinitive second-person singular
- alfabetizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alfabetizardes infinitive plural second-person
- alfabetizarem infinitive plural third-person
- alfabetizando gerund
- alfabetizados masculine participle past
- alfabetizada feminine participle past
- alfabetizadas feminine participle past
- alfabetizas indicative present second-person
- alfabetiza indicative present singular
- alfabetizamos first-person indicative plural
- alfabetizais indicative plural present
- alfabetizam indicative plural present
- alfabetizava first-person imperfect indicative
- alfabetizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfabetizar?
- Brazil /aw.fa.be.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.fa.be.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
- /aw.fa.be.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alfabetizar in Portuguese?
alfabetizar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).