martirizar
Portuguese, verb/maʁ.t͡ʃi.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
martirizar is spelled M-A-R-T-I-R-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 90,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Martirizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to martyr (to make someone a martyr)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar mártir”.
What does martirizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to martyr (to make someone a martyr)
- 2
to torment (to cause severe suffering)
- 3
to beat up (to feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar mártir
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 martirizar
- martirizo first-person present singular
- martirizei first-person preterite singular
- martirizado participle past
- martirizares infinitive second-person singular
- martirizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- martirizardes infinitive plural second-person
- martirizarem infinitive plural third-person
- martirizando gerund
- martirizados masculine participle past
- martirizada feminine participle past
- martirizadas feminine participle past
- martirizas indicative present second-person
- martiriza indicative present singular
- martirizamos first-person indicative plural
- martirizais indicative plural present
- martirizam indicative plural present
- martirizava first-person imperfect indicative
- martirizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce martirizar?
- Brazil /maʁ.t͡ʃi.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mah.t͡ʃi.ɾiˈza(h)]
- /maɾ.t͡ʃi.ɾiˈza(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 martirizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is martirizar in Portuguese?
martirizar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).