rivalizar
Portuguese, verb/ʁi.va.liˈza(ʁ)/
rivalizar is spelled R-I-V-A-L-I-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rivalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be a rival; to compete (against)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “disputar ou pleitear com alguém, acerca de títulos, qualidades, etc”.
What does rivalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be a rival; to compete (against)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. disputar ou pleitear com alguém, acerca de títulos, qualidades, etc 2. entrar em competição 3. disputar primazias 4. aproximar-se de outro, em méritos
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 rivalizar
- rivalizo first-person present singular
- rivalizei first-person preterite singular
- rivalizado participle past
- rivalizares infinitive second-person singular
- rivalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- rivalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- rivalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- rivalizando gerund
- rivalizados masculine participle past
- rivalizada feminine participle past
- rivalizadas feminine participle past
- rivalizas indicative present second-person
- rivaliza indicative present singular
- rivalizamos first-person indicative plural
- rivalizais indicative plural present
- rivalizam indicative plural present
- rivalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- rivalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rivalizar?
- Brazil /ʁi.va.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hi.va.liˈza(h)]
- /ʁi.va.liˈza(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 rivalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rivalizar in Portuguese?
rivalizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).