saponificar
Portuguese, verb/sa.po.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
saponificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to saponify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar em sabão (substâncias gordas combinadas com um álcali)”.
What does saponificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to saponify
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transformar em sabão (substâncias gordas combinadas com um álcali)
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 saponificar
- saponifico first-person present singular
- saponifiquei first-person preterite singular
- saponificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- saponificares infinitive second-person singular
- saponificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- saponificardes infinitive plural second-person
- saponificarem infinitive plural third-person
- saponificando gerund
- saponificados masculine participle past
- saponificada feminine participle past
- saponificadas feminine participle past
- saponificas indicative present second-person
- saponifica indicative present singular
- saponificamos first-person indicative plural
- saponificais indicative plural present
- saponificam indicative plural present
- saponificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saponificar?
- Brazil /sa.po.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sa.po.ni.fiˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.