realizar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.a.liˈza(ʁ)/
realizar is spelled R-E-A-L-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,607th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Realizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to realise (to convert something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea, into reality); to execute; to carry out; to put into practice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pôr em prática”.
What does realizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to realise (to convert something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea, into reality); to execute; to carry out; to put into practice
- 2
Portugalto direct (a film, TV show)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. pôr em prática 2. tornar real 3. executar 4. conseguir
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 realizar
- realizo first-person present singular
- realizei first-person preterite singular
- realizado participle past
- realizares infinitive second-person singular
- realizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- realizardes infinitive plural second-person
- realizarem infinitive plural third-person
- realizando gerund
- realizados masculine participle past
- realizada feminine participle past
- realizadas feminine participle past
- realizas indicative present second-person
- realiza indicative present singular
- realizamos first-person indicative plural
- realizais indicative plural present
- realizam indicative plural present
- realizava first-person imperfect indicative
- realizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce realizar?
- Brazil /ʁe.a.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.a.liˈza(h)]
- Portugal /ri.ɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/, /ʁi.ɐ.li.ˈzaɾ/ [ri̯ɐliˈzaɾ], [ʁi̯ɐliˈzaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to realizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is realizar in Portuguese?
realizar appears 60 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).