utilizar
Portuguese, verb/u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ʁ)/
utilizar is spelled U-T-I-L-I-Z-A-R (8 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,719th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Utilizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to use, employ, apply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer uso de (algo)”.
What does utilizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use, employ, apply
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer uso de (algo): 2. fazer uso de (algo) para dado fim: 3. aproveitar, tornar útil: 4. tirar vantagem de; aproveitar(-se):
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 utilizar
- utilizo first-person present singular
- utilizei first-person preterite singular
- utilizado participle past
- utilizares infinitive second-person singular
- utilizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- utilizardes infinitive plural second-person
- utilizarem infinitive plural third-person
- utilizando gerund
- utilizados masculine participle past
- utilizada feminine participle past
- utilizadas feminine participle past
- utilizas indicative present second-person
- utiliza indicative present singular
- utilizamos first-person indicative plural
- utilizais indicative plural present
- utilizam indicative plural present
- utilizava first-person imperfect indicative
- utilizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce utilizar?
- Brazil /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(h)]
- /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(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 utilizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is utilizar in Portuguese?
utilizar appears 33 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).