iluminar
Portuguese, verb/i.lu.miˈna(ʁ)/
iluminar is spelled I-L-U-M-I-N-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iluminar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to illuminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lançar luz sobre”.
What does iluminar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to illuminate
- 2
to enlighten
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. lançar luz sobre 2. retirar das trevas
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 iluminar
- ilumino first-person present singular
- iluminei first-person preterite singular
- iluminado participle past
- iluminares infinitive second-person singular
- iluminarmos first-person infinitive plural
- iluminardes infinitive plural second-person
- iluminarem infinitive plural third-person
- iluminando gerund
- iluminados masculine participle past
- iluminada feminine participle past
- iluminadas feminine participle past
- iluminas indicative present second-person
- ilumina indicative present singular
- iluminamos first-person indicative plural
- iluminais indicative plural present
- iluminam indicative plural present
- iluminava first-person imperfect indicative
- iluminavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iluminar?
- Brazil /i.lu.miˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [i.lu.miˈna(h)]
- /i.lu.miˈna(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 iluminar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iluminar in Portuguese?
iluminar appears 3.9 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).