criminalizar
Portuguese, verb/kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
criminalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to criminalize (make something a crime)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar alguma conduta em crime”.
What does criminalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to criminalize (make something a crime)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transformar alguma conduta em crime
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo criminalizar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo criminalizar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo criminalizar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo criminalizar
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 criminalizar
- criminalizo first-person present singular
- criminalizei first-person preterite singular
- criminalizado participle past
- criminalizares infinitive second-person singular
- criminalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- criminalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- criminalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- criminalizando gerund
- criminalizados masculine participle past
- criminalizada feminine participle past
- criminalizadas feminine participle past
- criminalizas indicative present second-person
- criminaliza indicative present singular
- criminalizamos first-person indicative plural
- criminalizais indicative plural present
- criminalizam indicative plural present
- criminalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- criminalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criminalizar?
- Brazil /kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(h)]
- /kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(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 criminalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criminalizar in Portuguese?
criminalizar 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).