alocar
Portuguese, verb/a.loˈka(ʁ)/
alocar is spelled A-L-O-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alocar is a Portuguese verb meaning “allocate (to set aside for a purpose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “destinar algo a um fim específico, utilizar”.
What does alocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
allocate (to set aside for a purpose)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. destinar algo a um fim específico, utilizar 2. colocar no lugar certo
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 alocar
- aloco first-person present singular
- aloquei first-person preterite singular
- alocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- alocares infinitive second-person singular
- alocarmos first-person infinitive plural
- alocardes infinitive plural second-person
- alocarem infinitive plural third-person
- alocando gerund
- alocados masculine participle past
- alocada feminine participle past
- alocadas feminine participle past
- alocas indicative present second-person
- aloca indicative present singular
- alocamos first-person indicative plural
- alocais indicative plural present
- alocam indicative plural present
- alocava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alocar?
- Brazil /a.loˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.loˈka(h)]
- /a.loˈka(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 alocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alocar in Portuguese?
alocar 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).