"vulgarize" meaning in All languages combined

See vulgarize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vulgarize.wav Forms: vulgarizes [present, singular, third-person], vulgarizing [participle, present], vulgarized [participle, past], vulgarized [past]
Etymology: From vulgar + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vulgar|ize}} vulgar + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} vulgarize (third-person singular simple present vulgarizes, present participle vulgarizing, simple past and past participle vulgarized)
  1. To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar. Synonyms: debase, dumb down, vulgarise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Translations (To make something vulgar): vulgaaristaa (Finnish), vulgariser (French), გავულგარულება (gavulgaruleba) (Georgian), გაუხამსება (gauxamseba) (Georgian), εκχυδαΐζω (ekchydaḯzo) (Greek), vulgarisar (Interlingua), volgarizzare (Italian), vulgarizar (Spanish)

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} vulgarize
  1. inflection of vulgarizar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: vulgarizar
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  2. inflection of vulgarizar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: vulgarizar
    Sense id: en-vulgarize-pt-verb-iBA0WKM6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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