batizar
Portuguese, verb/ba.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
batizar is spelled B-A-T-I-Z-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to baptize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “administrar o batismo”.
What does batizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to baptize
- 2
to christen
- 3
to name (give a name to)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. administrar o batismo 2. dar nome 3. colocar bebida alcoólica em uma bebida não alcoólica 4. adulterar a composição de uma substância
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 batizar
- batizo first-person present singular
- batizei first-person preterite singular
- batizado participle past
- batizares infinitive second-person singular
- batizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- batizardes infinitive plural second-person
- batizarem infinitive plural third-person
- batizando gerund
- batizados masculine participle past
- batizada feminine participle past
- batizadas feminine participle past
- batizas indicative present second-person
- batiza indicative present singular
- batizamos first-person indicative plural
- batizais indicative plural present
- batizam indicative plural present
- batizava first-person imperfect indicative
- batizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batizar?
- Brazil /ba.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ba.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
- /ba.t͡ʃiˈza(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 batizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is batizar in Portuguese?
batizar appears 1.1 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).