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predicar

Portuguese, verb/pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/

predicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to promote a concept or idea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pregar”.

What does predicar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to promote a concept or idea

  2. 2

    to predicate (state or assert)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. pregar 2. pronunciar sermões 3. aconselhar

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 predicar

  • predico first-person present singular
  • prediquei first-person preterite singular
  • predicado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • predicares infinitive second-person singular
  • predicarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • predicardes infinitive plural second-person
  • predicarem infinitive plural third-person
  • predicando gerund
  • predicados masculine participle past
  • predicada feminine participle past
  • predicadas feminine participle past
  • predicas indicative present second-person
  • predica indicative present singular
  • predicamos first-person indicative plural
  • predicais indicative plural present
  • predicam indicative plural present
  • predicava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce predicar?

  • Brazil /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
  • /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(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 predicar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.