alisar
Portuguese, verb/a.liˈza(ʁ)/
alisar is spelled A-L-I-S-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alisar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to smooth; to flatten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar liso”.
What does alisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smooth; to flatten
- 2
to soothe; to soften
- 3
to straighten (of hair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar liso 2. aplanar 3. polir 4. pentear
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 alisar
- aliso first-person present singular
- alisei first-person preterite singular
- alisado participle past
- alisares infinitive second-person singular
- alisarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alisardes infinitive plural second-person
- alisarem infinitive plural third-person
- alisando gerund
- alisados masculine participle past
- alisada feminine participle past
- alisadas feminine participle past
- alisas indicative present second-person
- alisa indicative present singular
- alisamos first-person indicative plural
- alisais indicative plural present
- alisam indicative plural present
- alisava first-person imperfect indicative
- alisavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alisar?
- Brazil /a.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.liˈza(h)]
- /a.liˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alisar in Portuguese?
alisar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).