optimizar
Portuguese, verb
optimizar is spelled O-P-T-I-M-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Optimizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of otimizar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grafia antiga de otimizar”.
What does optimizar mean in English?
verb
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of otimizar; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. grafia antiga de otimizar
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 optimizar
- optimizo first-person present singular
- optimizei first-person preterite singular
- optimizado participle past
- optimizares infinitive second-person singular
- optimizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- optimizardes infinitive plural second-person
- optimizarem infinitive plural third-person
- optimizando gerund
- optimizados masculine participle past
- optimizada feminine participle past
- optimizadas feminine participle past
- optimizas indicative present second-person
- optimiza indicative present singular
- optimizamos first-person indicative plural
- optimizais indicative plural present
- optimizam indicative plural present
- optimizava first-person imperfect indicative
- optimizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is optimizar in Portuguese?
optimizar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).