instrumentalizar
Portuguese, verb/ĩs.tɾu.mẽ.ta.liˈza(ʁ)/
instrumentalizar is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrumentalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to instrumentalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fornecer de ferramentas, instrumentos, informações etc. para que passe a realizar certa função; aplicar…”.
What does instrumentalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to instrumentalize
- 2
to use, make use of, utilise
- 3
to exploit
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fornecer de ferramentas, instrumentos, informações etc. para que passe a realizar certa função; aplicar, guarnecer
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 instrumentalizar
- instrumentalizo first-person present singular
- instrumentalizei first-person preterite singular
- instrumentalizado participle past
- instrumentalizares infinitive second-person singular
- instrumentalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- instrumentalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- instrumentalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- instrumentalizando gerund
- instrumentalizados masculine participle past
- instrumentalizada feminine participle past
- instrumentalizadas feminine participle past
- instrumentalizas indicative present second-person
- instrumentaliza indicative present singular
- instrumentalizamos first-person indicative plural
- instrumentalizais indicative plural present
- instrumentalizam indicative plural present
- instrumentalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- instrumentalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumentalizar?
- Brazil /ĩs.tɾu.mẽ.ta.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩs.tɾu.mẽ.ta.liˈza(h)]
- /ĩs.tɾu.mẽ.ta.liˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is instrumentalizar in Portuguese?
instrumentalizar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).