generalizar
Portuguese, verb/ʒe.ne.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
generalizar is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Generalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to generalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar geral”.
What does generalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to generalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar geral 2. vulgarizar
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 generalizar
- generalizo first-person present singular
- generalizei first-person preterite singular
- generalizado participle past
- generalizares infinitive second-person singular
- generalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- generalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- generalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- generalizando gerund
- generalizados masculine participle past
- generalizada feminine participle past
- generalizadas feminine participle past
- generalizas indicative present second-person
- generaliza indicative present singular
- generalizamos first-person indicative plural
- generalizais indicative plural present
- generalizam indicative plural present
- generalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- generalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce generalizar?
- Brazil /ʒe.ne.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒe.ne.ɾa.liˈza(h)]
- /ʒe.ne.ɾa.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 generalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is generalizar in Portuguese?
generalizar appears 1.7 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).