implicar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.pliˈka(ʁ)/
implicar is spelled I-M-P-L-I-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Implicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to imply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar a entender, fazer supor; pressupor”.
What does implicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imply
- 2
to involve
- 3
to implicate
- 4
to pick on
A Laura está implicando com o João.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar a entender, fazer supor; pressupor 2. ter como consequência; acarretar 3. tornar necessário; requerer, exigir, demandar 4. envolver; encerrar
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 implicar
- implico first-person present singular
- impliquei first-person preterite singular
- implicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- implicares infinitive second-person singular
- implicarmos first-person infinitive plural
- implicardes infinitive plural second-person
- implicarem infinitive plural third-person
- implicando gerund
- implicados masculine participle past
- implicada feminine participle past
- implicadas feminine participle past
- implicas indicative present second-person
- implica indicative present singular
- implicamos first-person indicative plural
- implicais indicative plural present
- implicam indicative plural present
- implicava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce implicar?
- Brazil /ĩ.pliˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.pliˈka(h)]
- /ĩ.pliˈka(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 implicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is implicar in Portuguese?
implicar appears 2.4 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).