aplicar
Portuguese, verb/a.pliˈka(ʁ)/
aplicar is spelled A-P-L-I-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aplicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to apply (to put on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sobrepor, pôr sobre”.
What does aplicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apply (to put on)
Aplique xampu no seu cabelo até que ele fique macio.
- 2
to apply (to put to use for a purpose)
O juiz aplicou a pena de morte ao psicopata.
- 3
to apply (to be relevant to)
Lógica matemática nem sempre se aplica à vida real.
- 4
to commit; to dedicate oneself (to pursue a course of action with great effort)
Estes pirralhos não se querem aplicar aos estudos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sobrepor, pôr sobre 2. inserir no corpo 3. realizar, fazer acontecer, pôr em prática 4. infligir, impor
verb: 1. candidatar-se
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 aplicar
- aplico first-person present singular
- apliquei first-person preterite singular
- aplicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- aplicares infinitive second-person singular
- aplicarmos first-person infinitive plural
- aplicardes infinitive plural second-person
- aplicarem infinitive plural third-person
- aplicando gerund
- aplicados masculine participle past
- aplicada feminine participle past
- aplicadas feminine participle past
- aplicas indicative present second-person
- aplica indicative present singular
- aplicamos first-person indicative plural
- aplicais indicative plural present
- aplicam indicative plural present
- aplicava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aplicar?
- Brazil /a.pliˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.pliˈka(h)]
- /a.pliˈka(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 aplicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aplicar in Portuguese?
aplicar appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).