mumificar
Portuguese, verb/mu.mi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
mumificar is spelled M-U-M-I-F-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mumificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to mummify (present a body so it becomes a mummy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar em múmia; conservar o corpo de um humano ou animal após a morte, por meio de desidratação ou uso…”.
What does mumificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mummify (present a body so it becomes a mummy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transformar em múmia; conservar o corpo de um humano ou animal após a morte, por meio de desidratação ou uso de substâncias químicas 2. conservar naturalmente um organismo em condições que impedem a decomposição 3. emagrecer, definhar 4. petrificar-se, deixar de evoluir; ressequir-se intelectualmente; agarrar-se a ideias e teorias antigas
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 mumificar
- mumifico first-person present singular
- mumifiquei first-person preterite singular
- mumificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- mumificares infinitive second-person singular
- mumificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mumificardes infinitive plural second-person
- mumificarem infinitive plural third-person
- mumificando gerund
- mumificados masculine participle past
- mumificada feminine participle past
- mumificadas feminine participle past
- mumificas indicative present second-person
- mumifica indicative present singular
- mumificamos first-person indicative plural
- mumificais indicative plural present
- mumificam indicative plural present
- mumificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mumificar?
- Brazil /mu.mi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mu.mi.fiˈka(h)]
- /mu.mi.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 mumificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mumificar in Portuguese?
mumificar appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).