catálise
Portuguese, noun
catálise is spelled C-A-T-Á-L-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catálise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “catalysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, catalise is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fenômeno que causa alteração na velocidade em que ocorre uma reação química pela adição de um catalisador que…”.
What does catálise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatalysis
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fenômeno que causa alteração na velocidade em que ocorre uma reação química pela adição de um catalisador que aparece inalterado no fim da reação 2. aceleração de uma reação química por tal processo
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 catálise
- catálises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to catálise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catálise in Portuguese?
catálise appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).