terceirizar
Portuguese, verb/teʁ.se(j).ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
terceirizar is spelled T-E-R-C-E-I-R-I-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terceirizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to outsource (to transfer of business to a third party)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transferir parte das atividades de uma empresa a terceiros”.
What does terceirizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to outsource (to transfer of business to a third party)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transferir parte das atividades de uma empresa a terceiros
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 terceirizar
- terceirizo first-person present singular
- terceirizei first-person preterite singular
- terceirizado participle past
- terceirizares infinitive second-person singular
- terceirizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- terceirizardes infinitive plural second-person
- terceirizarem infinitive plural third-person
- terceirizando gerund
- terceirizados masculine participle past
- terceirizada feminine participle past
- terceirizadas feminine participle past
- terceirizas indicative present second-person
- terceiriza indicative present singular
- terceirizamos first-person indicative plural
- terceirizais indicative plural present
- terceirizam indicative plural present
- terceirizava first-person imperfect indicative
- terceirizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terceirizar?
- Brazil /teʁ.se(j).ɾiˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [teh.se(ɪ̯).ɾiˈza(h)]
- /teɾ.se(j).ɾiˈza(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 terceirizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terceirizar in Portuguese?
terceirizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).