distanciar
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒis.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/
distanciar is spelled D-I-S-T-A-N-C-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distanciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to separate, to distance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocar à distância”.
What does distanciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to separate, to distance
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. colocar à distância
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 distanciar
- distancio first-person present singular
- distanciei first-person preterite singular
- distanciado participle past
- distanciares infinitive second-person singular
- distanciarmos first-person infinitive plural
- distanciardes infinitive plural second-person
- distanciarem infinitive plural third-person
- distanciando gerund
- distanciados masculine participle past
- distanciada feminine participle past
- distanciadas feminine participle past
- distancias indicative present second-person
- distancia indicative present singular
- distanciamos first-person indicative plural
- distanciais indicative plural present
- distanciam indicative plural present
- distanciava first-person imperfect indicative
- distanciavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distanciar?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.tɐ̃.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is distanciar in Portuguese?
distanciar appears 1.8 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).