formalizar
Portuguese, verb/foʁ.ma.liˈza(ʁ)/
formalizar is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to formalize (to make official)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “realizar segundo as fórmulas ou segundo as formalidades”.
What does formalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to formalize (to make official)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. realizar segundo as fórmulas ou segundo as formalidades 2. executar conforme as regras ou cláusulas 3. tornar formal 4. dar-se por ofendido; escandalizar-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 formalizar
- formalizo first-person present singular
- formalizei first-person preterite singular
- formalizado participle past
- formalizares infinitive second-person singular
- formalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- formalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- formalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- formalizando gerund
- formalizados masculine participle past
- formalizada feminine participle past
- formalizadas feminine participle past
- formalizas indicative present second-person
- formaliza indicative present singular
- formalizamos first-person indicative plural
- formalizais indicative plural present
- formalizam indicative plural present
- formalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- formalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formalizar?
- Brazil /foʁ.ma.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [foɦ.ma.liˈza(h)]
- /foɾ.ma.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 formalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formalizar in Portuguese?
formalizar appears 1.2 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).