cristianizar
Portuguese, verb/kɾis.t͡ʃi.a.niˈza(ʁ)/
cristianizar is spelled C-R-I-S-T-I-A-N-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cristianizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to Christianize (to convert to Christianity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar cristão”.
What does cristianizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to Christianize (to convert to Christianity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar cristão 2. incluir na disciplina ou na prática dos cristãos
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo cristianizar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo cristianizar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo cristianizar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo cristianizar
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 cristianizar
- cristianizo first-person present singular
- cristianizei first-person preterite singular
- cristianizado participle past
- cristianizares infinitive second-person singular
- cristianizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cristianizardes infinitive plural second-person
- cristianizarem infinitive plural third-person
- cristianizando gerund
- cristianizados masculine participle past
- cristianizada feminine participle past
- cristianizadas feminine participle past
- cristianizas indicative present second-person
- cristianiza indicative present singular
- cristianizamos first-person indicative plural
- cristianizais indicative plural present
- cristianizam indicative plural present
- cristianizava first-person imperfect indicative
- cristianizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cristianizar?
- Brazil /kɾis.t͡ʃi.a.niˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɾis.t͡ʃi.a.niˈza(h)]
- Brazil /kɾis.t͡ʃja.niˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cristianizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cristianizar in Portuguese?
cristianizar appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).