bestificar
Portuguese, verb/bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
bestificar is spelled B-E-S-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters). Bestificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “idiotize, dumb down (to make stupid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer estúpido”.
What does bestificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
idiotize, dumb down (to make stupid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer estúpido 2. o mesmo que burrificar
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 bestificar
- bestifico first-person present singular
- bestifiquei first-person preterite singular
- bestificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- bestificares infinitive second-person singular
- bestificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- bestificardes infinitive plural second-person
- bestificarem infinitive plural third-person
- bestificando gerund
- bestificados masculine participle past
- bestificada feminine participle past
- bestificadas feminine participle past
- bestificas indicative present second-person
- bestifica indicative present singular
- bestificamos first-person indicative plural
- bestificais indicative plural present
- bestificam indicative plural present
- bestificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestificar?
- Brazil /bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
- /bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.