dominar
Portuguese, verb/do.miˈna(ʁ)/
dominar is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dominar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to dominate; to predominate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter autoridade sobre”.
What does dominar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dominate; to predominate
A indústria automobilística alemã domina mundialmente.
- 2
to dominate; to control
- 3
to master (to learn to a high degree of proficiency)
Gostaria de dominar o inglês.
- 4
to rule
- 5
to control oneself; to restrain oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter autoridade sobre 2. ter poder sobre 3. exercer influência sobre 4. conter a si próprio; vencer as próprias inclinações ou paixões; refrear-se, reprimir-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 dominar
- domino first-person present singular
- dominei first-person preterite singular
- dominado participle past
- dominares infinitive second-person singular
- dominarmos first-person infinitive plural
- dominardes infinitive plural second-person
- dominarem infinitive plural third-person
- dominando gerund
- dominados masculine participle past
- dominada feminine participle past
- dominadas feminine participle past
- dominas indicative present second-person
- domina indicative present singular
- dominamos first-person indicative plural
- dominais indicative plural present
- dominam indicative plural present
- dominava first-person imperfect indicative
- dominavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominar?
- Brazil /do.miˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [do.miˈna(h)]
- /do.miˈna(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 dominar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dominar in Portuguese?
dominar appears 11 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).