Polyglot Dictionary

incentivar

/ĩsẽtʃiˈvaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
incentivo
preterite (eu)
incentivei
past participle
incentivado

Meaning

  1. to encourage

    • Incentiva os alunos.

      He encourages the students.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

alentar

alentar is literary, from "alento," breath, to give courage or breath; incentivar is more practical or business-oriented, to incentivize or motivate, often with rewards — both mean "to encourage."

encorajar

encorajar means to encourage or give courage directly; incentivar means to incentivize with rewards, more business-oriented.

Similar in other languages

German

ermuntern

ermuntern is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to encourage."

German

ermutigen

ermutigen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to encourage."

Practice

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