protagonizar
Portuguese, verb/pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(ʁ)/
protagonizar is spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protagonizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to star (appear as a featured performer or headliner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “interpretar o protagonista de”.
What does protagonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to star (appear as a featured performer or headliner)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. interpretar o protagonista de 2. ser o principal agente de
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 protagonizar
- protagonizo first-person present singular
- protagonizei first-person preterite singular
- protagonizado participle past
- protagonizares infinitive second-person singular
- protagonizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- protagonizardes infinitive plural second-person
- protagonizarem infinitive plural third-person
- protagonizando gerund
- protagonizados masculine participle past
- protagonizada feminine participle past
- protagonizadas feminine participle past
- protagonizas indicative present second-person
- protagoniza indicative present singular
- protagonizamos first-person indicative plural
- protagonizais indicative plural present
- protagonizam indicative plural present
- protagonizava first-person imperfect indicative
- protagonizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protagonizar?
- Brazil /pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(h)]
- /pɾo.ta.ɡo.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 protagonizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protagonizar in Portuguese?
protagonizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).