prolongar
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/
prolongar is spelled P-R-O-L-O-N-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prolongar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to extend, prolong, lengthen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar mais longo; estender”.
What does prolongar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extend, prolong, lengthen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar mais longo; estender 2. continuar 3. dilatar
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 prolongar
- prolongo first-person present singular
- prolonguei first-person preterite singular
- prolongado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- prolongares infinitive second-person singular
- prolongarmos first-person infinitive plural
- prolongardes infinitive plural second-person
- prolongarem infinitive plural third-person
- prolongando gerund
- prolongados masculine participle past
- prolongada feminine participle past
- prolongadas feminine participle past
- prolongas indicative present second-person
- prolonga indicative present singular
- prolongamos first-person indicative plural
- prolongais indicative plural present
- prolongam indicative plural present
- prolongava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prolongar?
- Brazil /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.lõˈɡa(h)]
- /pɾo.lõˈɡa(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 prolongar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prolongar in Portuguese?
prolongar appears 2.3 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).