consagrar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.saˈɡɾa(ʁ)/
consagrar is spelled C-O-N-S-A-G-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consagrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to consecrate, sanctify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar sagrado”.
What does consagrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consecrate, sanctify
- 2
to sacrifice
- 3
to render legitimate, valid
Essa grafia foi consagrada pelo uso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar sagrado 2. sacrificar 3. reservar ou destinar algo para determinado uso ou função 4. entre os católicos, na missa, consagrar a hóstia na Eucaristia, convertendo o pão e o vinho no corpo e no sangue de Jesus Cristo
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 consagrar
- consagro first-person present singular
- consagrei first-person preterite singular
- consagrado participle past
- consagrares infinitive second-person singular
- consagrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- consagrardes infinitive plural second-person
- consagrarem infinitive plural third-person
- consagrando gerund
- consagrados masculine participle past
- consagrada feminine participle past
- consagradas feminine participle past
- consagras indicative present second-person
- consagra indicative present singular
- consagramos first-person indicative plural
- consagrais indicative plural present
- consagram indicative plural present
- consagrava first-person imperfect indicative
- consagravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consagrar?
- Brazil /kõ.saˈɡɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.saˈɡɾa(h)]
- /kõ.saˈɡɾa(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 consagrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consagrar in Portuguese?
consagrar 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).