classificar
Portuguese, verb/kla.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/
classificar is spelled C-L-A-S-S-I-F-I-C-A-R (11 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Classificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to classify; to sort; to rank; to grade (to divide into classes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “definir diferentes classes ou categorias para enquadrar elementos de um conjunto”.
What does classificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to classify; to sort; to rank; to grade (to divide into classes)
Os professores vão classificar os estudantes em espertos e burros.
- 2
to classify (to declare secret)
- 3
to place (to earn a given spot)
Ela se classificou em quarto lugar na corrida.
- 4
Brazilto qualify (to earn a spot in the next round of a competition)
Ela se classificou na corrida, mas eu não.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. definir diferentes classes ou categorias para enquadrar elementos de um conjunto 2. determinar a classe ou grupo a que pertence 3. separar, ordenar ou distribuir por classes segundo um critério 4. alcançar nível de suficiência ou qualificação
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 classificar
- classifico first-person present singular
- classifiquei first-person preterite singular
- classificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- classificares infinitive second-person singular
- classificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- classificardes infinitive plural second-person
- classificarem infinitive plural third-person
- classificando gerund
- classificados masculine participle past
- classificada feminine participle past
- classificadas feminine participle past
- classificas indicative present second-person
- classifica indicative present singular
- classificamos first-person indicative plural
- classificais indicative plural present
- classificam indicative plural present
- classificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce classificar?
- Brazil /kla.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kla.si.fiˈka(h)]
- /kla.si.fiˈka(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 classificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is classificar in Portuguese?
classificar appears 6.5 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).