civilizar
Portuguese, verb/si.vi.liˈza(ʁ)/
civilizar is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civilizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to civilize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instruir”.
What does civilizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to civilize
- 2
to polish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. instruir 2. tornar civilizado 3. polir
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 civilizar
- civilizo first-person present singular
- civilizei first-person preterite singular
- civilizado participle past
- civilizares infinitive second-person singular
- civilizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- civilizardes infinitive plural second-person
- civilizarem infinitive plural third-person
- civilizando gerund
- civilizados masculine participle past
- civilizada feminine participle past
- civilizadas feminine participle past
- civilizas indicative present second-person
- civiliza indicative present singular
- civilizamos first-person indicative plural
- civilizais indicative plural present
- civilizam indicative plural present
- civilizava first-person imperfect indicative
- civilizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civilizar?
- Brazil /si.vi.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [si.vi.liˈza(h)]
- /si.vi.liˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is civilizar in Portuguese?
civilizar 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).