negligenciar
Portuguese, verb/ne.ɡli.ʒẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
negligenciar is spelled N-E-G-L-I-G-E-N-C-I-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negligenciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to neglect (to fail to care for or attend to something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tratar com negligência”.
What does negligenciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to neglect (to fail to care for or attend to something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tratar com negligência
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 negligenciar
- negligencio first-person present singular
- negligenciei first-person preterite singular
- negligenciado participle past
- negligenciares infinitive second-person singular
- negligenciarmos first-person infinitive plural
- negligenciardes infinitive plural second-person
- negligenciarem infinitive plural third-person
- negligenciando gerund
- negligenciados masculine participle past
- negligenciada feminine participle past
- negligenciadas feminine participle past
- negligencias indicative present second-person
- negligencia indicative present singular
- negligenciamos first-person indicative plural
- negligenciais indicative plural present
- negligenciam indicative plural present
- negligenciava first-person imperfect indicative
- negligenciavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce negligenciar?
- Brazil /ne.ɡli.ʒẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ne.ɡli.ʒẽ.siˈa(h)]
- Brazil /ne.ɡli.ʒẽˈsja(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 negligenciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is negligenciar in Portuguese?
negligenciar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).