terraformar
Portuguese, verb/ˌtɛ.ʁa.foʁˈma(ʁ)/
terraformar is spelled T-E-R-R-A-F-O-R-M-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terraformar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to terraform (hypothetically modify the atmosphere and temperature of a celestial body so that it acquires the appropriate conditions to…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “modificar (corpo celeste) de modo a torná-lo habitável e com condições próximas às da Terra”.
What does terraformar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to terraform (hypothetically modify the atmosphere and temperature of a celestial body so that it acquires the appropriate conditions to support an ecosystem with terrestrial living beings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. modificar (corpo celeste) de modo a torná-lo habitável e com condições próximas às da Terra
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 terraformar
- terraformo first-person present singular
- terraformei first-person preterite singular
- terraformado participle past
- terraformares infinitive second-person singular
- terraformarmos first-person infinitive plural
- terraformardes infinitive plural second-person
- terraformarem infinitive plural third-person
- terraformando gerund
- terraformados masculine participle past
- terraformada feminine participle past
- terraformadas feminine participle past
- terraformas indicative present second-person
- terraforma indicative present singular
- terraformamos first-person indicative plural
- terraformais indicative plural present
- terraformam indicative plural present
- terraformava first-person imperfect indicative
- terraformavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terraformar?
- Brazil /ˌtɛ.ʁa.foʁˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˌtɛ.ha.foɦˈma(h)]
- /ˌtɛ.ʁa.foɾˈma(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 terraformar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terraformar in Portuguese?
terraformar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).