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reciclar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.siˈkla(ʁ)/

reciclar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to recycle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “submeter à reciclagem”.

What does reciclar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to recycle

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. submeter à reciclagem 2. processar (dejeto) de modo que possa ser reutilizado 3. obter subproduto de (minério) 4. atualizar(-se), requalificar(-se) (alguém ou si próprio)

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 reciclar

  • reciclo first-person present singular
  • reciclei first-person preterite singular
  • reciclado participle past
  • reciclares infinitive second-person singular
  • reciclarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • reciclardes infinitive plural second-person
  • reciclarem infinitive plural third-person
  • reciclando gerund
  • reciclados masculine participle past
  • reciclada feminine participle past
  • recicladas feminine participle past
  • reciclas indicative present second-person
  • recicla indicative present singular
  • reciclamos first-person indicative plural
  • reciclais indicative plural present
  • reciclam indicative plural present
  • reciclava first-person imperfect indicative
  • reciclavas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce reciclar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.siˈkla(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.siˈkla(h)]
  • /ʁe.siˈkla(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 reciclar

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

How common is reciclar in Portuguese?

reciclar appears 1.3 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).