verbalize

verbalize

English

Alternative forms

• verbalise

Etymology

From French verbaliser.

Verb

verbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)

1. (transitive) To speak or to use words to express.

   Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.

2. (transitive, grammar) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

Translations

to express

Finnish: ilmaista (fi), ilmaista sanoin, verbaalistaa Greek: αποδίδω φραστικά (apodído frastiká) Hungarian: szavakba önt, kifejez (hu) Polish: werbalizować

Portuguese: verbalizar (pt) Serbo-Croatian: izraziti riječima pf, orječiti pf Swedish: uttrycka i ord, verbalisera

to adapt as a verb

Finnish: verbaalistaa, muuttaa verbiksi Greek: ρηματοποιώ (rimatopoió) Portuguese: verbalizar (pt)

Serbo-Croatian: oglagoliti pf Swedish: förvandla till verb

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Portuguese

Verb

verbalize

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verbalizar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verbalizar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verbalizar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verbalizar