palatalizar
Portuguese, verb/pa.la.ta.liˈza(ʁ)/
palatalizar is spelled P-A-L-A-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R (11 letters). Palatalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to palatalize (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar a uma letra sonorização palatal”.
What does palatalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to palatalize (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate)
- 2
to palatalize (to be pronounced with the tongue against the palate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar a uma letra sonorização palatal
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 palatalizar
- palatalizo first-person present singular
- palatalizei first-person preterite singular
- palatalizado participle past
- palatalizares infinitive second-person singular
- palatalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- palatalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- palatalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- palatalizando gerund
- palatalizados masculine participle past
- palatalizada feminine participle past
- palatalizadas feminine participle past
- palatalizas indicative present second-person
- palataliza indicative present singular
- palatalizamos first-person indicative plural
- palatalizais indicative plural present
- palatalizam indicative plural present
- palatalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- palatalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatalizar?
- Brazil /pa.la.ta.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.la.ta.liˈza(h)]
- /pa.la.ta.liˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.