nacionalizar
Portuguese, verb/na.si.o.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
nacionalizar is spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nacionalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to nationalize (to make a private asset public)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar nacional, dar caráter nacional a”.
What does nacionalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nationalize (to make a private asset public)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar nacional, dar caráter nacional a 2. naturalizar 3. aclimar
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo nacionalizar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo nacionalizar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo nacionalizar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo nacionalizar
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 nacionalizar
- nacionalizo first-person present singular
- nacionalizei first-person preterite singular
- nacionalizado participle past
- nacionalizares infinitive second-person singular
- nacionalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- nacionalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- nacionalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- nacionalizando gerund
- nacionalizados masculine participle past
- nacionalizada feminine participle past
- nacionalizadas feminine participle past
- nacionalizas indicative present second-person
- nacionaliza indicative present singular
- nacionalizamos first-person indicative plural
- nacionalizais indicative plural present
- nacionalizam indicative plural present
- nacionalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- nacionalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nacionalizar?
- Brazil /na.si.o.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [na.si.o.na.liˈza(h)]
- Brazil /na.sjo.na.liˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nacionalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nacionalizar in Portuguese?
nacionalizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).