enraizar
Portuguese, verb/ẽ.ʁa.iˈza(ʁ)/
enraizar is spelled E-N-R-A-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enraizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take root” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arreigar, fixar”.
What does enraizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take root
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. arreigar, fixar 2. criar raízes 3. criar relação profunda com um lugar
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 enraizar
- enraízo first-person present singular
- enraizei first-person preterite singular
- enraizado participle past
- enraizares infinitive second-person singular
- enraizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- enraizardes infinitive plural second-person
- enraizarem infinitive plural third-person
- enraizando gerund
- enraizados masculine participle past
- enraizada feminine participle past
- enraizadas feminine participle past
- enraízas indicative present second-person
- enraíza indicative present singular
- enraizamos first-person indicative plural
- enraizais indicative plural present
- enraízam indicative plural present
- enraizava first-person imperfect indicative
- enraizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enraizar?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʁa.iˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ẽ.ha.iˈza(h)]
- Brazil /ĩ.ʁa.iˈza(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 enraizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enraizar in Portuguese?
enraizar 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).