designar
Portuguese, verb/de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/
designar is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Designar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to designate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indicar para exercer (cargo ou emprego); nomear”.
What does designar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to designate
- 2
to appoint, nominate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. indicar para exercer (cargo ou emprego); nomear 2. servir de nome a; denominar 3. determinar, estabelecer, fixar 4. ser o símbolo de; representar
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 designar
- designo first-person present singular
- designei first-person preterite singular
- designado participle past
- designares infinitive second-person singular
- designarmos first-person infinitive plural
- designardes infinitive plural second-person
- designarem infinitive plural third-person
- designando gerund
- designados masculine participle past
- designada feminine participle past
- designadas feminine participle past
- designas indicative present second-person
- designa indicative present singular
- designamos first-person indicative plural
- designais indicative plural present
- designam indicative plural present
- designava first-person imperfect indicative
- designavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce designar?
- Brazil /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.zi.ɡiˈna(h)]
- Brazil /de.ziɡˈna(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 designar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is designar in Portuguese?
designar appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).