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gentrificar

Portuguese, verb/ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/

gentrificar is spelled G-E-N-T-R-I-F-I-C-A-R (11 letters). Gentrificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to ennoble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enobrecer”.

What does gentrificar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to ennoble

  2. 2

    to gentrify

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. enobrecer 2. deslocar a população de um bairro de uma cidade por revalorização imobiliária

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 gentrificar

  • gentrifico first-person present singular
  • gentrifiquei first-person preterite singular
  • gentrificado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • gentrificares infinitive second-person singular
  • gentrificarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • gentrificardes infinitive plural second-person
  • gentrificarem infinitive plural third-person
  • gentrificando gerund
  • gentrificados masculine participle past
  • gentrificada feminine participle past
  • gentrificadas feminine participle past
  • gentrificas indicative present second-person
  • gentrifica indicative present singular
  • gentrificamos first-person indicative plural
  • gentrificais indicative plural present
  • gentrificam indicative plural present
  • gentrificava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gentrificar?

  • Brazil /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gentrificar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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