sofisticar
Portuguese, verb/so.fis.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/
sofisticar is a Portuguese verb meaning “synonym of sofismar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estar avançado, exordialmente em tecnologia”.
What does sofisticar mean in English?
verb
- 1
synonym of sofismar
- 2
to treat with subtlety
- 3
to falsify, adulterate
- 4
to refine to the maximum; arrange with refinement, improve
- 5
to sophisticate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estar avançado, exordialmente em tecnologia 2. requintar
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 sofisticar
- sofistico first-person present singular
- sofistiquei first-person preterite singular
- sofisticado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- sofisticares infinitive second-person singular
- sofisticarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sofisticardes infinitive plural second-person
- sofisticarem infinitive plural third-person
- sofisticando gerund
- sofisticados masculine participle past
- sofisticada feminine participle past
- sofisticadas feminine participle past
- sofisticas indicative present second-person
- sofistica indicative present singular
- sofisticamos first-person indicative plural
- sofisticais indicative plural present
- sofisticam indicative plural present
- sofisticava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofisticar?
- Brazil /so.fis.t͡ʃiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [so.fis.t͡ʃiˈka(h)]
- /so.fis.t͡ʃiˈka(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 sofisticar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sofisticar in Portuguese?
sofisticar appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).