institucionalizar
Portuguese, verb/ĩs.t͡ʃi.tu.si.o.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
institucionalizar is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-C-I-O-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Institucionalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to institutionalize (to establish as a normal practice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does institucionalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to institutionalize (to establish as a normal practice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of institucionalizar
- institucionalizo first-person present singular
- institucionalizei first-person preterite singular
- institucionalizado participle past
- institucionalizares infinitive second-person singular
- institucionalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- institucionalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- institucionalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- institucionalizando gerund
- institucionalizados masculine participle past
- institucionalizada feminine participle past
- institucionalizadas feminine participle past
- institucionalizas indicative present second-person
- institucionaliza indicative present singular
- institucionalizamos first-person indicative plural
- institucionalizais indicative plural present
- institucionalizam indicative plural present
- institucionalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- institucionalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce institucionalizar?
- Brazil /ĩs.t͡ʃi.tu.si.o.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩs.t͡ʃi.tu.si.o.na.liˈza(h)]
- Brazil /ĩs.t͡ʃi.tu.sjo.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to institucionalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is institucionalizar in Portuguese?
institucionalizar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).