intensificar
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.tẽ.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/
intensificar is spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-F-I-C-A-R (12 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intensificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to intensify (to make more intense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar intenso”.
What does intensificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to intensify (to make more intense)
- 2
to intensify (to become more intense)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar intenso 2. aumentar a intensidade de
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 intensificar
- intensifico first-person present singular
- intensifiquei first-person preterite singular
- intensificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- intensificares infinitive second-person singular
- intensificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- intensificardes infinitive plural second-person
- intensificarem infinitive plural third-person
- intensificando gerund
- intensificados masculine participle past
- intensificada feminine participle past
- intensificadas feminine participle past
- intensificas indicative present second-person
- intensifica indicative present singular
- intensificamos first-person indicative plural
- intensificais indicative plural present
- intensificam indicative plural present
- intensificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intensificar?
- Brazil /ĩ.tẽ.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.tẽ.si.fiˈka(h)]
- /ĩ.tẽ.si.fiˈka(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 intensificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intensificar in Portuguese?
intensificar appears 3.2 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).