alienar
Portuguese, verb/a.li.eˈna(ʁ)/
alienar is spelled A-L-I-E-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alienar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to alienate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “(prep. a, para) transferir legitimamente para outrem a propriedade, o direito ou o domínio que tem sobre algo”.
What does alienar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to alienate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (prep. a, para) transferir legitimamente para outrem a propriedade, o direito ou o domínio que tem sobre algo 2. impedir que alguém tenha consciência da realidade ou seja crítico no que concerne a ela 3. afastar, desviar 4. produzir discórdia; indispor, malquistar
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 alienar
- alieno first-person present singular
- alienei first-person preterite singular
- alienado participle past
- alienares infinitive second-person singular
- alienarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alienardes infinitive plural second-person
- alienarem infinitive plural third-person
- alienando gerund
- alienados masculine participle past
- alienada feminine participle past
- alienadas feminine participle past
- alienas indicative present second-person
- aliena indicative present singular
- alienamos first-person indicative plural
- alienais indicative plural present
- alienam indicative plural present
- alienava first-person imperfect indicative
- alienavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alienar?
- Brazil /a.li.eˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.li.eˈna(h)]
- Brazil /a.ljeˈna(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alienar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alienar in Portuguese?
alienar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).