tantalizar
Portuguese, verb/tɐ̃.ta.liˈza(ʁ)/
tantalizar is spelled T-A-N-T-A-L-I-Z-A-R (10 letters). Tantalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tantalize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impor o castigo imposto a Tântalo”.
What does tantalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tantalize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. impor o castigo imposto a Tântalo 2. provocar o desejo e lhe frustrar a realização assim que estivesse perto de concretizar
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 tantalizar
- tantalizo first-person present singular
- tantalizei first-person preterite singular
- tantalizado participle past
- tantalizares infinitive second-person singular
- tantalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- tantalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- tantalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- tantalizando gerund
- tantalizados masculine participle past
- tantalizada feminine participle past
- tantalizadas feminine participle past
- tantalizas indicative present second-person
- tantaliza indicative present singular
- tantalizamos first-person indicative plural
- tantalizais indicative plural present
- tantalizam indicative plural present
- tantalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- tantalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tantalizar?
- Brazil /tɐ̃.ta.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tɐ̃.ta.liˈza(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.