substantivar
Portuguese, verb/su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
substantivar is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-A-R (12 letters). Substantivar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to nominalize, substantivise (to use as a noun (word from another grammatical category))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar uma palavra de outra classe gramatical em substantivo”.
What does substantivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nominalize, substantivise (to use as a noun (word from another grammatical category))
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transformar uma palavra de outra classe gramatical em substantivo
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 substantivar
- substantivo first-person present singular
- substantivei first-person preterite singular
- substantivado participle past
- substantivares infinitive second-person singular
- substantivarmos first-person infinitive plural
- substantivardes infinitive plural second-person
- substantivarem infinitive plural third-person
- substantivando gerund
- substantivados masculine participle past
- substantivada feminine participle past
- substantivadas feminine participle past
- substantivas indicative present second-person
- substantiva indicative present singular
- substantivamos first-person indicative plural
- substantivais indicative plural present
- substantivam indicative plural present
- substantivava first-person imperfect indicative
- substantivavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substantivar?
- Brazil /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
- Brazil /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.