instrumentar
Portuguese, verb/ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
instrumentar is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-R (12 letters). Instrumentar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to score, to instrument (a work)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escrever e aplicar a vários instrumentos de uma orquestra (uma obra musical)”.
What does instrumentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to score, to instrument (a work)
- 2
to choose the instruments for (a work)
- 3
to equip (e.g. a factory)
- 4
Brazilto provide the instruments for (a surgery) (e.g. of a nurse)
- 5
to draw up, to draft (a contract or other legal document)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. escrever e aplicar a vários instrumentos de uma orquestra (uma obra musical)
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo instrumentar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo instrumentar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo instrumentar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo instrumentar
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 instrumentar
- instrumento first-person present singular
- instrumentei first-person preterite singular
- instrumentado participle past
- instrumentares infinitive second-person singular
- instrumentarmos first-person infinitive plural
- instrumentardes infinitive plural second-person
- instrumentarem infinitive plural third-person
- instrumentando gerund
- instrumentados masculine participle past
- instrumentada feminine participle past
- instrumentadas feminine participle past
- instrumentas indicative present second-person
- instrumenta indicative present singular
- instrumentamos first-person indicative plural
- instrumentais indicative plural present
- instrumentam indicative plural present
- instrumentava first-person imperfect indicative
- instrumentavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumentar?
- Brazil /ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.