indexar

Senses

1. 1.

   to index

   to adjust (prices, wages, etc.) according to an index, typically inflation

2. 2.

   to index

   to create an index or catalog for (documents, books, data)

3. 3.

   to index

   in computing, to make searchable by adding to a database or search engine

Examples

• "O governo decidiu indexar os salários à inflação."

  The government decided to index salaries to inflation.

• "É importante indexar seu site para que ele apareça nos resultados de busca do Google."

  It's important to index your website so it appears in Google search results.

• "A biblioteca está indexando todos os documentos históricos no sistema digital."

  The library is indexing all historical documents in the digital system.

Usage

Commonly used in economics and finance contexts (indexar preços, indexar salários) and in technology/computing (indexar páginas, indexar conteúdo). The economic sense was particularly important during Brazil's high inflation periods. Regular -ar verb conjugation.