instilar
Portuguese, verb/ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/
instilar is spelled I-N-S-T-I-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instilar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to instill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does instilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to instill
- 2
to incite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of instilar
- instilo first-person present singular
- instilei first-person preterite singular
- instilado participle past
- instilares infinitive second-person singular
- instilarmos first-person infinitive plural
- instilardes infinitive plural second-person
- instilarem infinitive plural third-person
- instilando gerund
- instilados masculine participle past
- instilada feminine participle past
- instiladas feminine participle past
- instilas indicative present second-person
- instila indicative present singular
- instilamos first-person indicative plural
- instilais indicative plural present
- instilam indicative plural present
- instilava first-person imperfect indicative
- instilavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instilar?
- Brazil /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]
- /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(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 instilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instilar in Portuguese?
instilar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).