favelizar
Portuguese, verb/fa.ve.liˈza(ʁ)/
favelizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to turn or make something into a slum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar em favela ou em algo semelhante”.
What does favelizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto turn or make something into a slum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transformar em favela ou em algo semelhante
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 favelizar
- favelizo first-person present singular
- favelizei first-person preterite singular
- favelizado participle past
- favelizares infinitive second-person singular
- favelizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- favelizardes infinitive plural second-person
- favelizarem infinitive plural third-person
- favelizando gerund
- favelizados masculine participle past
- favelizada feminine participle past
- favelizadas feminine participle past
- favelizas indicative present second-person
- faveliza indicative present singular
- favelizamos first-person indicative plural
- favelizais indicative plural present
- favelizam indicative plural present
- favelizava first-person imperfect indicative
- favelizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce favelizar?
- Brazil /fa.ve.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fa.ve.liˈza(h)]
- /fa.ve.liˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.