alicerçar
Portuguese, verb/a.li.seʁˈsa(ʁ)/
alicerçar is spelled A-L-I-C-E-R-Ç-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alicerçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to base (lay foundations of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer o alicerce de”.
What does alicerçar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to base (lay foundations of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer o alicerce de 2. dar base; criar condições; tornar possível
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 alicerçar
- alicerço first-person present singular
- alicercei first-person preterite singular
- alicerçado participle past
- c-ç alternation
- alicerçares infinitive second-person singular
- alicerçarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alicerçardes infinitive plural second-person
- alicerçarem infinitive plural third-person
- alicerçando gerund
- alicerçados masculine participle past
- alicerçada feminine participle past
- alicerçadas feminine participle past
- alicerças indicative present second-person
- alicerça indicative present singular
- alicerçamos first-person indicative plural
- alicerçais indicative plural present
- alicerçam indicative plural present
- alicerçava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alicerçar?
- Brazil /a.li.seʁˈsa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.li.sehˈsa(h)]
- /a.li.seɾˈsa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alicerçar in Portuguese?
alicerçar appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).