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descriminalizar

Portuguese, verb/des.kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(ʁ)/

descriminalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to absolve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “retirar duma legislação um crime previsto”.

What does descriminalizar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to absolve

  2. 2

    to decriminalize

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. retirar duma legislação um crime previsto

verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo descriminalizar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo descriminalizar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo descriminalizar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo descriminalizar

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 descriminalizar

  • descriminalizo first-person present singular
  • descriminalizei first-person preterite singular
  • descriminalizado participle past
  • descriminalizares infinitive second-person singular
  • descriminalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • descriminalizardes infinitive plural second-person
  • descriminalizarem infinitive plural third-person
  • descriminalizando gerund
  • descriminalizados masculine participle past
  • descriminalizada feminine participle past
  • descriminalizadas feminine participle past
  • descriminalizas indicative present second-person
  • descriminaliza indicative present singular
  • descriminalizamos first-person indicative plural
  • descriminalizais indicative plural present
  • descriminalizam indicative plural present
  • descriminalizava first-person imperfect indicative
  • descriminalizavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce descriminalizar?

  • Brazil /des.kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [des.kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(h)]
  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.kɾi.mi.na.liˈza(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 descriminalizar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is descriminalizar in Portuguese?

descriminalizar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).