paralisar
Portuguese, verb/pa.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
paralisar is spelled P-A-R-A-L-I-S-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paralisar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to paralyze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer parar; tornar imóvel”.
What does paralisar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to paralyze
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer parar; tornar imóvel 2. deixar sem ação; neutralizar 3. impedir a progressão
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 paralisar
- paraliso first-person present singular
- paralisei first-person preterite singular
- paralisado participle past
- paralisares infinitive second-person singular
- paralisarmos first-person infinitive plural
- paralisardes infinitive plural second-person
- paralisarem infinitive plural third-person
- paralisando gerund
- paralisados masculine participle past
- paralisada feminine participle past
- paralisadas feminine participle past
- paralisas indicative present second-person
- paralisa indicative present singular
- paralisamos first-person indicative plural
- paralisais indicative plural present
- paralisam indicative plural present
- paralisava first-person imperfect indicative
- paralisavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paralisar?
- Brazil /pa.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.ɾa.liˈza(h)]
- /pa.ɾa.liˈza(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 paralisar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paralisar in Portuguese?
paralisar appears 1.3 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).