vocalizar
Portuguese, verb/vo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/
vocalizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to voice; to express” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantar sem articular palavras nem nomear notas, modelando a voz sobre uma vogal, que é geralmente o a ou o e”.
What does vocalizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to voice; to express
- 2
to vocalise (to sing without using words)
- 3
to vocalise (turn a consonant into a vowel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cantar sem articular palavras nem nomear notas, modelando a voz sobre uma vogal, que é geralmente o a ou o e 2. transformar consoantes em vogais
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo vocalizar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do subjuntivo do verbo vocalizar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo vocalizar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo vocalizar
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 vocalizar
- vocalizo first-person present singular
- vocalizei first-person preterite singular
- vocalizado participle past
- vocalizares infinitive second-person singular
- vocalizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- vocalizardes infinitive plural second-person
- vocalizarem infinitive plural third-person
- vocalizando gerund
- vocalizados masculine participle past
- vocalizada feminine participle past
- vocalizadas feminine participle past
- vocalizas indicative present second-person
- vocaliza indicative present singular
- vocalizamos first-person indicative plural
- vocalizais indicative plural present
- vocalizam indicative plural present
- vocalizava first-person imperfect indicative
- vocalizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocalizar?
- Brazil /vo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vo.ka.liˈza(h)]
- /vo.ka.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 vocalizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocalizar in Portuguese?
vocalizar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).