dedetizar
Portuguese, verb/de.de.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
dedetizar is spelled D-E-D-E-T-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedetizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to apply chemicals, such as DDT, that kill or drive away insects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aplicar DDT (dedetê) ou química similar com o fim de livrar um ambiente de insetos”.
What does dedetizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apply chemicals, such as DDT, that kill or drive away insects
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aplicar DDT (dedetê) ou química similar com o fim de livrar um ambiente de insetos
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo dedetizar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo dedetizar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo dedetizar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo dedetizar
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 dedetizar
- dedetizo first-person present singular
- dedetizei first-person preterite singular
- dedetizado participle past
- dedetizares infinitive second-person singular
- dedetizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- dedetizardes infinitive plural second-person
- dedetizarem infinitive plural third-person
- dedetizando gerund
- dedetizados masculine participle past
- dedetizada feminine participle past
- dedetizadas feminine participle past
- dedetizas indicative present second-person
- dedetiza indicative present singular
- dedetizamos first-person indicative plural
- dedetizais indicative plural present
- dedetizam indicative plural present
- dedetizava first-person imperfect indicative
- dedetizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedetizar?
- Brazil /de.de.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.de.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
- /de.de.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dedetizar in Portuguese?
dedetizar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).