idolatrar
Portuguese, verb/i.do.laˈtɾa(ʁ)/
idolatrar is spelled I-D-O-L-A-T-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idolatrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to idolize (worship as an idol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tributar idolatria a; amar cegamente”.
What does idolatrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to idolize (worship as an idol)
- 2
to idolize (adore excessively)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tributar idolatria a; amar cegamente 2. adorar ídolos
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 idolatrar
- idolatro first-person present singular
- idolatrei first-person preterite singular
- idolatrado participle past
- idolatrares infinitive second-person singular
- idolatrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- idolatrardes infinitive plural second-person
- idolatrarem infinitive plural third-person
- idolatrando gerund
- idolatrados masculine participle past
- idolatrada feminine participle past
- idolatradas feminine participle past
- idolatras indicative present second-person
- idolatra indicative present singular
- idolatramos first-person indicative plural
- idolatrais indicative plural present
- idolatram indicative plural present
- idolatrava first-person imperfect indicative
- idolatravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idolatrar?
- Brazil /i.do.laˈtɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [i.do.laˈtɾa(h)]
- /i.do.laˈtɾa(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 idolatrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idolatrar in Portuguese?
idolatrar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).