parabenizar
Portuguese, verb/pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(ʁ)/
parabenizar is spelled P-A-R-A-B-E-N-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,248th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parabenizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to congratulate (laud someone for his accomplishment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agradecer, congratular, felicitar”.
What does parabenizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to congratulate (laud someone for his accomplishment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. agradecer, congratular, felicitar
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 parabenizar
- parabenizo first-person present singular
- parabenizei first-person preterite singular
- parabenizado participle past
- parabenizares infinitive second-person singular
- parabenizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- parabenizardes infinitive plural second-person
- parabenizarem infinitive plural third-person
- parabenizando gerund
- parabenizados masculine participle past
- parabenizada feminine participle past
- parabenizadas feminine participle past
- parabenizas indicative present second-person
- parabeniza indicative present singular
- parabenizamos first-person indicative plural
- parabenizais indicative plural present
- parabenizam indicative plural present
- parabenizava first-person imperfect indicative
- parabenizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parabenizar?
- Brazil /pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(h)]
- /pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(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 parabenizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parabenizar in Portuguese?
parabenizar appears 3.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).