radicar
Portuguese, verb/ʁa.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/
radicar is spelled R-A-D-I-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to take root (to become established)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does radicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take root (to become established)
- 2
to plant (to cause a sentiment to become established)
- 3
to settle (to take up residence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of radicar
- radico first-person present singular
- radiquei first-person preterite singular
- radicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- radicares infinitive second-person singular
- radicarmos first-person infinitive plural
- radicardes infinitive plural second-person
- radicarem infinitive plural third-person
- radicando gerund
- radicados masculine participle past
- radicada feminine participle past
- radicadas feminine participle past
- radicas indicative present second-person
- radica indicative present singular
- radicamos first-person indicative plural
- radicais indicative plural present
- radicam indicative plural present
- radicava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce radicar?
- Brazil /ʁa.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ha.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to radicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is radicar in Portuguese?
radicar appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).