finalizar
Portuguese, verb/fi.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
finalizar is spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to finish, end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “completar algo; chegar ao fim (de um projeto, por exemplo)”.
What does finalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to finish, end
- 2
to finalize (to finish, complete)
- 3
to score after arriving near the goal
- 4
to submit
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. completar algo; chegar ao fim (de um projeto, por exemplo)
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 finalizar
- finalizo first-person present singular
- finalizei first-person preterite singular
- finalizado participle past
- finalizares infinitive second-person singular
- finalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- finalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- finalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- finalizando gerund
- finalizados masculine participle past
- finalizada feminine participle past
- finalizadas feminine participle past
- finalizas indicative present second-person
- finaliza indicative present singular
- finalizamos first-person indicative plural
- finalizais indicative plural present
- finalizam indicative plural present
- finalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- finalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finalizar?
- Brazil /fi.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fi.na.liˈza(h)]
- /fi.na.liˈza(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 finalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finalizar in Portuguese?
finalizar appears 6.0 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).