improvisar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(ʁ)/
improvisar is spelled I-M-P-R-O-V-I-S-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improvisar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to improvise (to make something up or invent it as one goes on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dizer ou fazer algo repentinamente, sem preparação prévia ou sem os elementos necessários”.
What does improvisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to improvise (to make something up or invent it as one goes on)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dizer ou fazer algo repentinamente, sem preparação prévia ou sem os elementos necessários 2. citar falsamente ou preparar com o intento de enganar 3. mentir 4. assumir função em situação de força maior e sem estar preparado
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 improvisar
- improviso first-person present singular
- improvisei first-person preterite singular
- improvisado participle past
- improvisares infinitive second-person singular
- improvisarmos first-person infinitive plural
- improvisardes infinitive plural second-person
- improvisarem infinitive plural third-person
- improvisando gerund
- improvisados masculine participle past
- improvisada feminine participle past
- improvisadas feminine participle past
- improvisas indicative present second-person
- improvisa indicative present singular
- improvisamos first-person indicative plural
- improvisais indicative plural present
- improvisam indicative plural present
- improvisava first-person imperfect indicative
- improvisavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improvisar?
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(h)]
- /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(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 improvisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improvisar in Portuguese?
improvisar appears 1.3 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).