destinar
Portuguese, verb/des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/
destinar is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destinar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to destine, decide, resolve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “determinar o destino ou objetivo”.
What does destinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to destine, decide, resolve
- 2
to appropriate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. determinar o destino ou objetivo 2. reservar ou designar para um objetivo 3. decidir, resolver 4. consagrar-se, reservar-se
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 destinar
- destino first-person present singular
- destinei first-person preterite singular
- destinado participle past
- destinares infinitive second-person singular
- destinarmos first-person infinitive plural
- destinardes infinitive plural second-person
- destinarem infinitive plural third-person
- destinando gerund
- destinados masculine participle past
- destinada feminine participle past
- destinadas feminine participle past
- destinas indicative present second-person
- destina indicative present singular
- destinamos first-person indicative plural
- destinais indicative plural present
- destinam indicative plural present
- destinava first-person imperfect indicative
- destinavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destinar?
- Brazil /des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]
- /des.t͡ʃiˈna(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 destinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destinar in Portuguese?
destinar appears 1.3 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).