sintonizar
Portuguese, verb/sĩ.to.niˈza(ʁ)/
sintonizar is spelled S-I-N-T-O-N-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sintonizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tune in (radio or TV)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ajustar (aparelho receptor) a (frequência de um transmissor)”.
What does sintonizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tune in (radio or TV)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ajustar (aparelho receptor) a (frequência de um transmissor) 2. combinar, harmonizar-se (com algo ou alguém) ou reciprocamente
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 sintonizar
- sintonizo first-person present singular
- sintonizei first-person preterite singular
- sintonizado participle past
- sintonizares infinitive second-person singular
- sintonizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sintonizardes infinitive plural second-person
- sintonizarem infinitive plural third-person
- sintonizando gerund
- sintonizados masculine participle past
- sintonizada feminine participle past
- sintonizadas feminine participle past
- sintonizas indicative present second-person
- sintoniza indicative present singular
- sintonizamos first-person indicative plural
- sintonizais indicative plural present
- sintonizam indicative plural present
- sintonizava first-person imperfect indicative
- sintonizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sintonizar?
- Brazil /sĩ.to.niˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sĩ.to.niˈza(h)]
- /sĩ.to.niˈza(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 sintonizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sintonizar in Portuguese?
sintonizar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).