cicatrizar
Portuguese, verb/si.ka.tɾiˈza(ʁ)/
cicatrizar is spelled C-I-C-A-T-R-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cicatrizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scar; to cicatrize (of a wound: to heal forming a scar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ajudar a cicatrização de”.
What does cicatrizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scar; to cicatrize (of a wound: to heal forming a scar)
Demorou alguns meses para o corte no meu braço cicatrizar.
- 2
to cicatrize (to treat or heal a wound by causing a scar to form)
Usei plantas para cicatrizar suas feridas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ajudar a cicatrização de 2. curar por completo uma ferida 3. fechar-se por meio de cicatrização 4. cessar, passar (mágoa)
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 cicatrizar
- cicatrizo first-person present singular
- cicatrizei first-person preterite singular
- cicatrizado participle past
- cicatrizares infinitive second-person singular
- cicatrizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cicatrizardes infinitive plural second-person
- cicatrizarem infinitive plural third-person
- cicatrizando gerund
- cicatrizados masculine participle past
- cicatrizada feminine participle past
- cicatrizadas feminine participle past
- cicatrizas indicative present second-person
- cicatriza indicative present singular
- cicatrizamos first-person indicative plural
- cicatrizais indicative plural present
- cicatrizam indicative plural present
- cicatrizava first-person imperfect indicative
- cicatrizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cicatrizar?
- Brazil /si.ka.tɾiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [si.ka.tɾiˈza(h)]
- /si.ka.tɾiˈza(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 cicatrizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cicatrizar in Portuguese?
cicatrizar 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).