crucificar
Portuguese, verb/kɾu.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/
crucificar is spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crucificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to crucify (to execute a person by nailing to a crucifix)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pregar na cruz”.
What does crucificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crucify (to execute a person by nailing to a crucifix)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pregar na cruz
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 crucificar
- crucifico first-person present singular
- crucifiquei first-person preterite singular
- crucificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- crucificares infinitive second-person singular
- crucificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- crucificardes infinitive plural second-person
- crucificarem infinitive plural third-person
- crucificando gerund
- crucificados masculine participle past
- crucificada feminine participle past
- crucificadas feminine participle past
- crucificas indicative present second-person
- crucifica indicative present singular
- crucificamos first-person indicative plural
- crucificais indicative plural present
- crucificam indicative plural present
- crucificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crucificar?
- Brazil /kɾu.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɾu.si.fiˈka(h)]
- /kɾu.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 crucificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crucificar in Portuguese?
crucificar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).